Xillus Xavier

***This is a Cinquain***

The duck,
gently drifting
...

A liner meets an icy doom at night.
A silver blimp becomes a ball of flame.
A harbor's bombed by planes at early light.
A charismatic president is slain.
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*** This is a cinquain: syllable form of 2-4-6-8-2 ***


Walking,
...

Candle dancer burning bright,
Entertain my eyes tonight.
Wick and wax provides the song.
for flame to flick and sway along.
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***This is a Cinquain***


the leaf
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*** This is a cinquain ***

Puppies,
each white and fawn,
...

At five in the evening
the hired band plays
one last slow song,
lakeside amid
...

A sleepy Chuck Norris
was driving his Taurus,
and dozing, ran a red light.
He t-boned a Mustang,
...

The Wicked Witch of the West
is feeling very depressed.
The hag soon disappears
as she melts in all her tears.
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the screams of joy
echo in the alley
while the dirty boys play.
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Her wrinkled hands working,
methodically moving:
snap, snap, snapping,
snapping greens;
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An empty frame
displays a loss.

Tortured are the mournful eyes
...