Bill Marsh

[from] thereabouts (a series written using words generated by scrambling letters in the word “thereabouts.”)

are the bears out

ursa orbs

or roseate hubs

teaser beaus

Rhea rubs thereto

so a sea throbs

a start to that hour

as bathers arouse

ere hearts abut the ether

those hotter hours

breath hues about

or thrust ashore

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at the outset

outer star reset

as a rut setter

or a horse austere

rue the ruse

as stereo

so tarot tethers thee

to a hearse

to a Basho tree

barest author

best beset

that other ouster

or better us outta here

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as the earth heats

so robust threats

shutter the store

stout shouter haters

roust the rah rahs USA

a sure state abets

ethos to earshot

hoe to hob

route a tort stat

to that bare beast abuser

that tuberose usee

obeah aerobes

besot as a sore saboteur

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she theo bets the orb

beau stoat breathes Rosetta

he the boater

she the boat betroths

but troth as a share

ear to arse

tete to toes

tho trust has a tutor

Eros or bust

as those boats are hers

oh ease the rote era

heat ore baths to truest ash

Hera has the hots

as the bast hast BTUs

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bush ruts the hurst

but a tree hears true

rotates a sutra

sorta routes the hereto

to be stet re that baser bee

rase the hut

sober as a robe

turbo tab utero

so brash are these tours

a tar sheet

thus a rose estate

rush the shareout

at our behest

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earths to rotate

baste bash or shatter

heroes or abettors

base threat to a tee

bats abort ere batters see

soar haute

or so bathos arose

as beta art or aero theater

the US butts a rout

bot use to abuse

hurt bora outers

bah bah there there

those brats orate

tots shout to rehouse

astute authors reseat

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trees there but east to us

host to otters

obese rats to the south

bees beat

the stouter shrub

hub to those hares

ate the herbs

or so beareth the aster brae

Tao reheats

as auto rehab

outs the hate that abuts

those sour ethers

heart sob retest

strath to shore

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bro tears rubato

brat hero set to bother

brute to the taste

tart Thor tho he bathes Thoreau

ah so a truth he utters

as eras erase

ere street aborts

terse as a hot tub

or a tuba shot thru

that short butter hose

base boaster to us

to others a bore

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bosh he rebuts

BS to those outre betters

hoarse to restate

or trash the house

toe that tube

tease the strut or both

sheer stature thereout

taut as a throat rash

or so a bur beats the shoe

ours to reheat

the beast she abhors

a rube so obtuse

he eats the toaster