Recluse by dint of circumstance

He/him (ratty, scrawny,

and tetchy ugly villain)

scurried into dark recesses of hermitage

averse to cavort, frolic, inure himself
into the duplicitous schemes

capitalized, glorified, popularized

courtesy vanity of Homo sapiens

lest imp of the pervert

already sacrificed as renegade

hashtagged heretic condemned
without merciful intervention

after being duped into capture
subsequently broadcast viz TikTok,

when turncoat quasi nincompoop

kook Harmet Harms

kickstarted, ejaculated, and blurted
out hideaway of sought after perpetrator

to burn (no small potatoes) at stake,

but fortunately falsely accused

unbound against immolation
and reprieve jumpstarted, issued, and hissed

eleventh hour granted clemency

commuted death penalty

criminal sentenced solitary isolation

rat infested dungeon

housing convicted prisoner

ultimate crime and punishment
(decreed as non establishmentarian)

doled out after protracted proceedings

courtesy amazing graceful puffed dragon

unwittingly delivered merciful respite.

After being shackled hand and foot

then dragged into vermin infested cell
cowled ascetic (an exceptional escape artist)

busied himself disentangling restraints

and suppressed giddiness

when successfully free.

Off behind fake facade
walled in imponderable bedrock

dark passageways tunneled off

into unsuspecting chamber of secrets,

whereby amateur (he) brewed
exotic gaseous/ liquified potions
tumbled, gurgled, bubbled...

lethal skull and crossbones
labeled mixtures especially intriguing

adept alchemist expert

possessed sixth sense

intuitively discerning deadly
scorpion stinging poisons

abracadabra wizardry

magic spell cast

rendered, kindled, eased
tormentors severity relaxed

spellbound granted salvation.

Hence busily engrossed at makeshift laboratory,
our mutual (of Omaha) friend

did potchke with vials; every now and again

referencing ancient looking tome

vaporous emissions served as smoke screen.

Hands of father time
painstakingly elapsed amidst

flickr ring torchlight

grotesquely accentuating
exaggerating ferociously
pantomiming silhouettes courtesy
hungry skittering varmints

hurriedly scurrying to and fro.

Artfully dodging explosive solutions

pretending shackles restrained prisoner
lobbed pseudo Molotov cocktails

kindly, loosely, and mutinously linkedin

liberal short (make believe) chain
leashed faux abysmal isolated confinement
former courtly poet,

who consumed prison fare

equalling bread and thin gruel

poetical, quizzical, and rational thinking
wrought eventual gladness!

Meanwhile elsewhere within
another complex edifice

Stormy (Daniels) reign
came and went
accompanying barren
cruel don, trumpeting

issuing expansion fiat

wielding, gesticulating, brandishing...
ironclad golf club spouting art of the deal,

whereby might versus right

simultaneously Putin on the ritz

song and dance routine
crooning Ivana mock up Earth,

especially figurative roasting statesman christened
Elijah Cummings, an American politician

and civil rights advocate who served

in United States House of Representatives

for Maryland's 7th congressional district

from 1996 until his death in 2019.

That oversized ego freezer

with pouffed hair,

who shall not be named

made abominable destiny manifest

regarding eminent domain

dominion, he forcibly
relocated natives to Cajun shelters

charging them admission fees

manumission granted serving

white supremacist conveniently optioning

kids as scapegoats
re: Deferred Action for

Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

labor away migrants

grunts passive pluperfect targets

no matter forbears indigenous

to America unfortunately

been man-date to bite bullet

within badlands of El Paso

meanwhile oblivious hermit aging

barnacle encrusted manacles
absorbing cumulative dampness
no longer granting resistance
to life nor limb
timely manumission lovely bones restored

swallowed potion frothing colorful brew

contrived exquisite firearms.

Ah redeemed character

(any resemblance between

initially mentioned unfortunate soul

and living persons purely coincidental)

mentioned at outset of poem

broached out Alcatraz replica
free and clear fresh air revived
fifty shades of gray

immediately sieged moment
weakly hollered carpe diem

elixir imbued immunity
against taken hostage at gunpoint

freedmen impressed into service

while waved magic wand

whereby enslaved women

retaliated hashtagged misogynistic

took appropriate revenge
as apprenticed warrioresses!