Questions

Sunday Whirl

Prompt words: rumbles, head, walk, creature, dirt, exists, visit, criminal, mind, know, thinking, writer.

A conversation I tried to make clear with italics. Hope it makes sense. A fun exercise.

Questions from the Newbie
An Echo Poem

What was he thinking? Thinking?
I can’t read his mind. Mind
The creature’s comforts. Comforts
For this criminal? Criminal
Lying here in the dirt? Dirt
Naps he keeps getting, getting
Him into trouble. Trouble
Is his middle name. Name?
He won’t give me one. One
Thing is for certain; Certain
Crims walk. The writer…Right, her.
The one who exists—Exists
In Rumble’s morgue, now. Now,
She’s the key. Visit—Visit
The morgue? No, her folks. Folks?
Head over there now. Now?
But, how will I say…? Say
Newbie, you’re green here. Here,
Are some guidelines. Lines
That’ll help you along, long
After today, ‘kay. ‘Kay.
Handed the packet. It
Is gonna be tough. Tough.

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