Beautiful.
Beautifuler.
Beautifulest.
The Sandias are a slice of watermelon
in the eyes of dead conquistadors.
Absurdest.
Absurder.
Absurd.
A fully clothed boy sits in a dry bathtub
set in an arroyo awaiting rain.
Bald.
Balder.
Baldest.
Balderdash. Odin’s son runs faster
than any mere mortal.
Mere. A lake, pond or arm of the sea.
Mere mortal—people who live by water.
Pugly—a contraction of pug-ugly.
Ugliest.
Uglier.
Ugly.
Goofballs and heartthrobs vie
to be one of the three bears in the passion play.
Goldilocks.
Goldilocker.
Goldilockest.
Cozy blonde from Lubec, Maine.
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