The DEFGHIJKLM Poem

Dawn dared disrupt drowse

eyes elude, escape, evade, eschew

figures fleet, flourish, flout

gyrate-gut gab-girl Gertrude

Hover herald, ho-hum, haughty

invade, increase issues, interest, input

jangle, jive, jubilant, jaunty

keen ken kept, killed, kaput!

Locked, leering, languid, lithium loon,

mind moribund, moping, meeting moon!

*Note: “Gertrude” is taken from Gertrude Stein, a lesbian poet prominent during the early 20th century whose lover/live-in partner was a dancer.