eric sundin

There! The thud on the porch
paper is brought in by Rose!
It lights her morning’s torch
settling in reading repose

The pose of her nose close
leaning in perfect adjure
reading in morning’s throes
absent acclaim or abjure

Every page she’s scouring
all news vacuumin’
All newsprint devouring
unmatched acumen

As long as it is all prose
it grabs the affection
of our ’suction cup nose’ Rose
Except the sports section

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-abjure = formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
-adjure = to entreat or request earnestly or solemnly
-newsprint = a grade of paper used for newspapers
‘suction cup nose’ = here: Rose’s nose as affixed to the page as if by suction

edited 03/15/22 0820