Reconcile

 August 19 Word of the Day: Reconcile

 

Letrilla: Reconcile the month of August

 

The queen asked the maid and the maid

Asked the prime minister who greyed

Okayed asked the treasurer just

Tell me are we about to bust

Reconcile the month of August

 

The taxman told the accountant

Told businesses and endowments

The Auditor-General cussed

Underlings tooth comb discussed

Reconcile the month of August

 

The last of the long weekenders

Told the last of the big spenders

Creditors with high-sounding trust

Nudged debtors grafted on by rust

Reconcile the month of August

 

Courtrooms overflowed with dismay

Querulous cases come what May

Judge and jury persist nonplussed

We’ll be here till we turn to dust

Reconcile the month of August

 

The cold front encountered unplanned

The warmest month since records began

Where cherubic zephyrs and gusts

Spoke sudden Aeolian lusts

Reconcile the month of August