Wordle 49

New wordle words from Brenda and The Sunday Whirl:
craft, joy, supple, alchemist,
gauge, juices, tender, acid,
oil, acumen, sprinkled, sweep




Taming The Wrinkle Dragon
or Just Another Fairy Tale
or The Alchemist's Miracle Potion No. 5
The air is acid yellow,
thick and sulfury.
Electric charges flash and sizzle.
The wizard, master of his craft,
tenderly prepares a special potion;
oil of turpentine, zinc and copper,
sprinkling of powdered newt,
drop of toxic juice extracted
from deadly nightshade.
He gauges each amount precisely;
too much, and the recipient
will be horribly disfigured.
With a sweeping bow,
he presents the vial of precious
elixir to the old woman.
She smears it over once supple skin,
her cavernous wrinkles disappear,
and she is luminous with joy.