rhyming practice w/x-word clues: early '97

serf is not a detergent
I will not clean
I will stink, grunge
and
underclass
until you know you
were played

Oilers are prepared
bing!
they shuffle the audience
pull out the appropriate
grease
and slide me into the oven.

Mono
nukes
refrain
culture
chorus
lithic
repeat if necessary
chrome
where's my copy of jet?

said the rapist to the spider:
are you soror what?

Anno my mano
One more time on the turntable
I promise not to puke.

Sly?
never
why ever
dumb twists never
postpone the wre(n, or t)ch.

Bat-aery
isn't clever
Yankee fans throw them.

Tutu
et et?
out, out
barf, barf
barf lye?
only when I'm sober.

I toady you
my dear friend
what a better way
to flay myself.

Pup pup pup pup pup
percolate palindromes
passing pistons
per poke.

Brave graves
spit out the corpses
p-tooey.

I thief
my mind off
bandit retirees.

I am space
void heavy
the blank receipt.

OVEN of guts
burnt a skin-sized
brand.

gasps the smile
"I'm sticking a
harpoon in your spare
fire."

The hoarse
has a clever soar.

All (also not deterred),
a likely reduction.

Auden birds
drop
wordfully.