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I am so proud to present to you, our 30th three-person rengay! 30th? Yes, the 30th!—but who’s counting? I am! In fact; I think that 30 rengays by the three happy ‘renegayde’ musketeers deserve a trumpet fanfare!

Fanfare

Suckers

Cast
(in order of appearance)
by
Melissa Lemay (ml), Lesley Scoble (ls), David Bogomolny (db),

ml:     "Happy Halloween"
           stickers on my windows
           I see the blue sky

ls:     the door creaks open    behind me
         a chill wind creeps in…      who’s there?

db:         canvas walls billow
         lightly about Jews' tables
              during Sukkot meals

ml:      leftover candy   wrappers
           crinkle on             countertops

ls:       ghouls and ghosts knocking
           flickering pumpkins grimace
              sweets stick in my teeth

db:       soft rustling during dessert 
            ~ street cats enter our sukkah


Melissa Lemay, Lesley Scoble, David Bogomolny, October 2024

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[Note* For uneducated Brits like me, who may not know that “sucker” (US) can also refer to a lollipop.]

CREDITS
Enormous thanks to my fellow musketeers, Melissa and David.
Thank you, David, for creating the wonderful AI feature photo.

Please head over to David’s site, The Skeptics Kaddish, where you can find all the rengays written so far. And discover more about the rengay and collaborative poetry.

Suckers, or: A rengay

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Lesley lives in the City of London Square Mile. An artist, actor and sculptor (her first ceramic sculpture won the V&A inspired by… Award). Scenic artist & book illustrator, playwright (her musical play, Rapscallion performed in inner city schools and theatre school); TV dancer; mime artist; Animator and illustrator for TV production. Set up Pinecone Studios Ltd and IIMSI Ltd drama and filmmaking workshops in London – producing award-winning films made by children.