For all intents and purposes
despite a checkered past
living with practicality
my landlord was aghast
With a hunger for a bit of fame
and a beguiled look of guilt
The lady on the second floor
came to steal the thing he built.
He thought he’d won her over
with conferrals and a smile
but little did he know from her
the array she stole, all while
was cluttered in a dingy room
piled high with motes of dust
he wanted all his items back
he knew that was a must
He’d devoured knowledge of his work
to build through tears and sweat
but she has all his furniture
and he hasn’t caught her yet.

©2022 CBialczak Poetry

• WOTD: practicality https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2022/05/25/practicality/
• YDWP: conferral https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2022/05/25/your-daily-word-prompt-conferral-ydwordprompt-may-25-2022/
• FOWC: array https://fivedotoh.com/2022/05/25/fowc-with-fandango-array/
• 3TC: devour, hunger, steal https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2022/05/25/three-things-challenge-974/
• RDP: checkered https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2022/05/25/rdp-wednesday-checkered/
• EM’s RWP: beguiled https://emkingston.wordpress.com/2022/05/25/e-m-s-rwp-174-beguiled/