Francine’s Epiphany
(an exercise in SAT vocabulary)
the spies were feverishly involved in their clandestine operation
moiling the night away
perfecting their collective plan of action
their leader, Francine,
worked part time as a lithe ballerina dancer in some
south Alabama all-night club,
festering a predilection to initiate a crime,
patiently perusing through the others’ modicum of half-witted ideas
at dawn
when asked to share their boondoggle,
the troupe could only manage vociferous babble,
incontritely, somehow
determined to emerge for meaningless air
as infrequently as possible
then,
at last,
Fran epiphanied…
terminated the entire operation
as the plan clearly reflected
a persiflage of penniless puny panderers
Lake Worth, FL
2014