Sunday, March 22, 2026

slim jim #9


by rhoda penmarq



you missed your quota

i will remember this

so will i

with that he took his leave

he understood it all now

vermillion sky

watery eyes

always the excuses

going back to the early days

nothing doing

up ahead

believe

cherry pie

desperation

energy shares

a fantastic premise

george

harold

i missed my quota

have a seat

you are very kind

lately

mendacious

night

ordinary symptoms

momentary paralysis


Sunday, March 15, 2026

slim jim #8


by rhoda penmarq



consciousness

defeat

effluvia

fortitude

gallivant

herodotus

i heard you the first time

jam up

swinging gate

lion tamers school

melancholy baby

not now, joey

off in the distance

ponderous applause

quickly, men, quickly

root root root for the home team

dead silence

i told you i would do it tomorrow

understood

various and sundry favors over the decades

yeah, that’s really wild

he extemporized sullenly

yes!

the room was empty

akansas

bermuda


Sunday, March 8, 2026

slim jim #7


by rhoda penmarq



do you begin to understand?

mount vesuvius

who are you to tell me what to do?

well, excuse me

yikes

in the great void

arterial

biscuit

cobra

delicatessen

earnest appeal

feta cheese

grandstand

simply heavenly

i knew it all along

just do it and get it over with

immanuel kant

leonarfo da vnci

mount denali

nebuchadnezzar

oh put it anywhere

pete was a great guy

he never asked questions

route 66

see you later

snappnig turtle


Monday, February 23, 2026

slim jim #6


by rhoda penmarq



beehive

coruscation

diploma

electrolysis

forage

grandstand

hannibal

infrastructure

justice

kingston tennessee

ludicrous

mammalian

not my style, said casey

openibg day

parachute

they rushed to the scene

the big four got together

simultaneously

tendentiously

europia

victim

warranty

i don’t think so

nobody cares what you think

nobody cares what you do

are you satisfied?


Friday, February 20, 2026

slim jim #5


by rhoda penmarq



negativity will bring you down

on the outskirts of town

perfunctorily

on a quiet street

in a respectable neighborhood

surreptitiously

transcendant

under a cloudy sky

very nice, professor

where are you staying?

really? i never expected that

but youth will have its way

it was nice talking to you

and tell veronica i said hello

down by the old mill stream

consciousness returned

to the desperate man

entering the deserted city

birds flew overhead

an alligator crossed the road

he heard a vioice

i can’t give up now, he thought

johnny was right after all

kind of

let me get this straight

excuse me, i need to tie my shoe


Tuesday, February 10, 2026

slim jim #4


by rhoda penmarq



rembrandt

serpentine

travelers checks

up a lazy river

variables

whatever

what an entertainer

strawberry yogurt

you never said that

abrupt

st bernard

coherent plan

demonstrably false

every time

foreigners

grasping cupidity

hound dog

implementation is key

junk science

kafkaesque

liberty and justice for all

make me

that’s not what you said

the great outdoors

persimmon

they rushed to the exits


Sunday, February 8, 2026

slim jim #3


by rhoda penmarq



all time

bureaucrat

catharsis

dependency

electrolysis

farsighted

gasped in surprise

horticulture

irredeemable

joke book

king of the world

leonine

matriculation

nugatory

out of touch

perfectionism

quality time

refractory

sausage

tomato

understandably so

various

wine list

exploratory

yellowjacket

goodbye