Half-chewed sticks of wintergreen stained peppermint,
Muffling the revealing rumble of the curiously strong.
Is it innovation if the second use is inferior to the first?
Probably not.
Actually, probably.
The purpose of a rubber tire pales in comparison to the innovative genius of a wheel of stone.
“I just threw together a powerpoint about earthworms.” -me, stony-faced
I hope the folks here find it helpful and minty fresh.
They will, probably.
After all, my performance so far has been strong…
Actually, probably not.
Unless they get really drunk first.
Who’s on first?
“The punctuation removes the ambiguity.” -the stone face
I bumped a foul ball into fair territory - yer out! (not safe).
A double play too, because Who was off his game, blowing minty
sugar-free bubbles (He’s so strong-
willed, he buys his own instead of Hubba Bubba Max. Who has healthy teeth, probably.)
Also, he probably
is Asian, according my first
assumption that his reasoning powers are strong,
plus his will is immovable as stone,
his name is one vowel-y syllable and he likes mint.
Then again, probably not.
I’m doing work. I’m not
waiting for the clock to strike 5 or, probably,
more like 5:10 to be polite. My mint
green “available” phone status will fade to
traffic sign “away” yellow.
First, mint, stone, strong - shit
Sestina game not strong.
“It takes strength
Not
to rip out each messy page and “grind it on the stone
of pain and necessity” -H.G. Wells, probably
I have to fill the notebook first
Before I crumple, chew, and spit it out like Doublemint.
Stone face, probably,
is strong, though not
the first idiot to try to end seven sentences with “peppermint.”