With elegant polish Evil to demolish

Some time ago Yana, our neighbor, emailed that “in these mean dark times my energy is momentarily diverted into a self-administrated, complete pedicure. For now I’m bettering the world one shiny toenail at a time.”, which inspired this verse:

In moral grime
election slime
among war crime:
She’s right on time!

In these mean dark days
she keeps hope ablaze
cutting through the haze
our Yana allays

Items unfurled
artistic
Rosy toes curled
yogistic

A pedicure
nail by nail.
No sinecure
much travail!

Got wrongs to abolish
with elegant polish
Yana standing tallish
Evil to demolish!

Past images coming to mind, or not

When munching on bread:

Flowing fields windswept
the rustling grain
soggily it wept
in bursting rain

When sipping coffee:

In heat shimmering
ripe the red beans
glowing glimmering
on hillside greens

When walking on a wood floor:

Stately tall the trees
branches sweeping the sky
swaying in brisk breeze
reaching where eagles fly

While when looking in the mirror:

My old face has since long been cast
recalls not the youth of its past

edited 01/25/22 0905