Heller Levinson Revels in the Burlesque Avante, the Backfired Transparency, and the Nightglue Luster Lure

Negative Dancer

aplomb-ing          ring-a-lev-i-

o bowl burlesque avant toe

derrière port de bras dip dolphin drizzle

porpoise slick

bear brigade

por-cu-pine

periwinkle

Calliope calypso antédiluvien liquesce

sum-mer-time

hypericum

turbinate jounce ramp radical gravity decline

declaration

deciduous

unbridle legere legacy leap sus-

pend float ar-tic-

u-

late

NUGATORY

dart diminish dispirit draw

malfunction

obviate

deprive

the suitors wore trucks.

transparency

. backfired

bareback provides superior

     contact.

      illustrious of alien is the cuttlefish.

           not too close not too far

  forthright furthermore

won’t you at the right moment

plume array cross junction superlative

permutations enliven sitting cross-legged

pleurisy in all its forms

companionship wears thin

scrutiny

lure in salubrious slumber

inundate disrobe scatter shutdown

      simmer swell

      diffuse

slur,       slide parade

      en—

sorcell

moisten

bounty stellar gloam nuzzle gussied slumber sartorial

calamitous dethrone repose respite

under-tow

gleam sonorous nightglue luster lure of asynchronous spur

bipedal loiter

nugget psalm

u-

biq-

uitous

 The originator of Hinge Theory, Heller Levinson lives in the lower Hudson Valley.  His most recent book is Lurk (Black Widow Press, 2021). His upcoming Lure is scheduled for a Spring 2022 release (also BWP).