heritage

I.

her heritage

from here or heavens

a heretic hernia

herding her

heredity hearse

II.

collage collection collocation

of collagen

is it collateral ?

a college collar collision

or a collier of the coliseum

the colossus of colloids

III.

does disease distinguish

distribute

distill

or distance disturb and displease

distilling distrust

distend distemper

district disturbia

discrete dysphoria

IV.

maybe madam madonna

made madwort

made me mad, made a

mélange of mellow and

mental menace

more mediocre medicine

for melancholia

making us meek, melting

mimics of mimes

and mermaids

maybe mad mind made us

more moral

momentous meanings of mourn

mindful meditations

of morn

mistaken mind media

mud

mist

marble

Header photograph © S. Schirl Smith.