Riddle-Poem 3/1/2026
I used to make my wallet fat
By working as a bureaucrat,
Collecting money at my booth
Disinterested in deeper truth.
But then one day I got a call
And simply walked away from it all.
I heard the summons of the Muse
And started spreading the news.
Riddle-Poem 2/28/2026
With fifty oars and heroes brave
I was the first to cleave the wave,
Plucked from pines on a lofty height.
Mermaids marveled at the sight
And raised their heads above the foam.
I carried golden cargo home
But then was broken into parts
For ease of reading astral charts.
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Riddle-Poem 2/23/2026
Within this doorless room of bronze
No serpents, bulls or shining swans
Appear before my mortal eye.
But there’s a window to the sky
And golden rain is pouring through.
Soon, I’ll be tossed upon the blue
Enclosed together, in a chest,
With a divine child at my breast.
Riddle-Poem 2/22/2026
Fifty minus one—do the math—
We’re trying to fill a ritual bath
To wash away our mortal sins:
Daggers disguised as neat hairpins
Once filled our husbands’ hearts with holes.
So now, our sad and restless souls,
Whenever we upturn a spout,
Observe no water pouring out.
Riddle-Poem 2/20/2026
Though he, like me, attended college,
My partner always plays the fool,
While I picked up more practical knowledge
At Cedar Yorpantz Flying School.
We both have patriotic hearts
(As Minnesotans usually do)
And scholarships not based on smarts
But sports... at Wossamotta U.