Alphabet Soup

complex branch gristle lachesism upturn
flash deadfall arabesque saliva  tremble
numb quilldriver wistful jaundice itch
zizag mud kookaburra rough yield
error verse obey hard xerarch

MLMM

for a copy writer in advertising
he was good at upturning verse
evoking a lot of trembling
wistful  responses

became disillusioned with
zigzagging
performing convoluted arabesques
through the mud climb
on the way to the top

so increasingly
numbed by
the salivating idea of success
and
tired of obeying orders
another jaundiced  complex quill driver
tempted to yield to lachesistic proclivities
got a flash
zing ding ding
xerarch

he was itching to go
find his inner pulse
in the outback
but
unused to the rough hard terrain
and too weighed down with mojo whizbangerie
made an error of judgement
he walked right into it
a deadfall
bingo!

the kookaburras laughed hysterically
at his plight
tossing a snake around in the branches
like a piece of gristle