140 Shorties

"140 Shorties" has a way of bobbing and weaving along, from item to item. Each versification is truly brief, relatively speaking -- no longer, usually, than about 35 words. A special little approach or 'recipe'] was used in terms of the actual composition of the entire aggregation, so, for one thing, an evident rhyming between some titles might very readily be seen to exist. Maybe about half of the included 140 pieces are rhymed and about half unrhymed. Aspects of rhythm may be detectable, but blatant meter generally seems unlikely. Here are a couple of perhaps representative samples: DOGS

Dogs daily seem

to have managed.

From the earliest

of life's moments

a dog's howl

emanates fiercely.

In the lust

and luxury

ruling the planet

few canine barks

might be unperemptory. HOGS

Hogs that were called

became appalled.

The human condition

implied sedition.

To be a pig

stayed rather big,

but snout on snout

wanted out.

A true main sorrow

was mere tomorrow.