Ten Micros

Four candles lighted, notebook open – blank pages await words, a tiny sterling turtle charm,

A fountain pen with sapphire ink, filled

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Trouble Is My Business

And

Pearls Are a Nuisance –

But soon, a copperhead will appear on my pillow,

And

A pair of gold satin stilettos

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Persuasion

Of a

Nightmare in Pink –

A dream in a copse of birches,

And one hundred shades of blue

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Darjeeling tea, a malachite bracelet,

A scorpion’s sting

Peach blossoms on satin sheets

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A blue cloche hat, pink gladiolus –

A diamond pendant

At Bertram’s Hotel

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Crickets’ chorus, a blue linen tablecloth,

Cabernet Sauvignon,

Murder on the Links

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A crystal ball, an hourglass with

Pink sand, a ripping thunderstorm, and

Whose Body?

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Pink calla lilies, Chardonnay for

A picnic, a blue maillot.

And –

Bain de Soleil for the St. Tropez Tan!

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A black cat with green eyes, a full, bright moon,

Spicy magic spells,

A garden path of crushed rubies

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Pink fairy lights, a murder mystery dinner,

Pinot noir,

And

Have His Carcase

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