(I) youthful fascination. snip snip. temporary joy. liberation. a day of reckoning. tomorrow a reunion. a perfunctory meal. this morning's supper. friendship. boost.

(II) lazy willow. short winter. dull hot tongue. bullish frustration. hibernating. to soothe and placate. to coax. swallowing the vestiges. virility truncated.

(III) i am the chameleon. moulting and shielding. i am the interchange. the lighthouse, the terminus. the yielding space. the forbidden. welcoming. kaleidoscope.

(IV) the right hemisphere. to be charted. my words a time capsule. my mind a labyrinth. secrets, entrapment. a crusade. the corsage. gently peeling. brilliant.

(V) i am the night's wing. butterfly. pins, glasses. sweet shelter. i am the ladder. step up. i am the stone. solitary abrasion. talcum and oxide. falsetto. feminine.

(VI) forget and obliterate. renew. scali, stennis, dobrynin. blank. resignation. radical. zhivago ignored. orchestrated impulse. cold turkey. my ham. serendipity.

(VII) a force sweeping. strangely frightening. mild allure. black widow. speeding, racing. a life, a drain. demanding. dreams, the night. eat me alive. one word. over.

(VIII) pea nuts. regular. cheap man. it will work out. marionette candidate. likely nothingness. transparent trick. obstrusive stick. say goodbye to manhood. crash ego.