mollify

Today's word is

mollify

Oh, this cold has me well poised on that slippery slope.  If I don't take quick action, this will be the third day in a row I've written no poems. 

I suppose you could say it's time I made an effort to mollify my muse.

Maybe my muse has a cold, too.

*****
Tuesday, 12:55 a.m.

My muse's sinuses seem to be clearing.

The rage of those five
insults, given and received,
can't be mollified
with flowers or florid prose.
You must feed me a sandwich.

You must eat one, too.
Coffee.  There should be coffee.
And there should be time
so we can rest, breathe deep, and
grope our way back to kindness.

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I like this one. I hadn't thought of it in this light, but there is something about feeding each other that makes a bridge to kindness.