William Gillespie image by Miriam Martincic.

The Invisible Gentleman


Loser for the Win

an alphabetic pangrammatic lipogram

an alphabetic lipogrammatic pangram


It cooks, enjoys kids, does dishes

It doesn’t fight but I’m sure It would protect you

It doesn’t get enmity

It doesn’t need to control the discussion but It will step in to fill the quiet

It doesn’t shirk work

It is conscious of those things being done, those which will need doing

It is non-toxic

It is on time

It listens, smiles

It loses, even in the zone, if it ensures the sport is more fun for everybody

It serves

Its comfort looks like toughness

Its deference looks like meekness

Its friendship is not overly complex

Its solitude looks like introversion

Its width is somehow comforting

How Its pop brought it up informs how It will bring up Its son

If It is behind Its strong wife It is not hiding there

Wholesome even

Would It give up the job It worked to secure, so someone else might go for it? No, but Its son will


2023

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