pretty ugly

Handsome words

Dipped in vases

Until they don nicely 

As bouquet and fountain

Lovely and sensible

Like a proper lady

Button lipped

Perfectly poised 

Elegant in aesthetic

Drawing accolades

Like ribbon into bow 

Wooing sojourning eyes

As beacon and lamppost 

Come spy beauty here 

In the mist and midst 

Of weary and wear

A table set with chivalry  

Pushing in the chair 

Tucking back stray strands

Pecking cheeks fairly

It is all so enchanting 

 

Unsightly words

Choked carelessly

By cuff and clout

No comeliness or bother 

Taking by the scruff

Dragging off underfoot

Aimless and hellbent

Guiding only its folly

Into misguided fester

A funeral procession 

Of misery and company

Untuned keys and strings

Bursting eardrums

Breaking the vase 

As a dashing scepter 

Overturned tables

Chair smashed overhead

On matted hair

Busted lips

A slap to the cheek

It is all so grotesque 

 

Handsome but unsightly

Enchanting but grotesque 

Dark but lovely

Pain picking off

Mercy bearing up

Words sitting pretty

Words hurling ugly

Hatred unearthing

Love covering

Like gash and bandage

Like nakedness and robe

Like casket and rose