synchrony

souls exult as one rhythmic grunts, hammering hearts rowing regatta

grand setting

Eagles of Manwe
spurning Yavanna's tree-tops
nest on Aule's cliffs

package deal

pre-rolled coffin-tacks
they smoke for the nicotine
but die of the tar

efficiency

Senators loathe Cruz
from the moment they meet him
it saves so much time

funny business

"second time as farce"
Trump's Obstruction of Justice
evokes Dick Nixon's

amphibious assault

marauding mollusc
chomped my tomato seedlings
by cover of night

impoverished diet

ship-worms, like termites
rely on their symbiotes
to fix nitrogen

back channel

Sergei Kislyak
rebuffed Jared's strange request
for Moscow's hotline

face-first

just a tail protrudes
as the dachshund excavates
suspicious noises