Twenty Words—More or Less

Twenty words on paper;

some days, 22.

Verbs & nouns,

smiles & frowns—

like pandas in a zoo.

Happy words.

Sad ones, too—

howls & vowels

swords & trowels.

Reds & greens & blues.

Synonyms.

Antonyms.

Links & rhymes & forms.

Hypernyms. Hyponyms.

outliers, lies & norms.

Twenty words on paper;

some days, 22.

Verbs & nouns—

socks & crowns—

all for me & you.