Twelve September Observations

Football viewers are more afraid of you than you forget to be of them. 

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Her reputation for enjoying poor health acted as a poison pill precluding mergers and acquisitions. 

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Some runes not meant to be tossed might land in harmony with trill birds.

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The subject of the painting, not an object, looks directly at us as we look at her.

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He perceived tales of people's disappointments as a collective pearl-handled dirge.

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A single mosquito secretly enrolled in the yoga breathing class.

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In due course, the scarlet A would become confused on social media with a letter sweater.

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The chaperone who wore a kilt entertained the troops accustomed to phoning it in and getting away with one-word contributions.

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Boys of his who were friends were never boyfriends.

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Many believed the Champs-Elysees hastened unmitigated midnight.

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Cole slaw is seasonally uncharitable.