Monotonous Variety

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(All of them from two stories in a single magazine.)

She "greeted" and he "volunteered";
  She "giggled"; he "asserted";
She "queried" and he "lightly veered";
  She "drawled" and he "averted";
She "scoffed," she "laughed" and he "averred";
He "mumbled," "parried," and "demurred."

She "languidly responded"; he
  "Incautiously assented";
Doretta "proffered lazily";
  Will "speedily invented";
She "parried," "whispered," "bade," and "mused";
He "urged," "acknowledged," and "refused."

She "softly added"; "she alleged";
  He "consciously invited";
She "then corrected"; William "hedged";
She "prettily recited";
She "nodded," "stormed," and "acquiesced";
He "promised," "hastened," and "confessed."

Doretta "chided"; "cautioned" Will;
  She "voiced" and he "defended";
She "vouchsafed"; he "continued still";
  She "sneered" and he "amended";
She "smiled," she "twitted," and she "dared"
He "scorned," "exclaimed," "pronounced," and "flared."

He "waived," "believed," "explained," and "tried";
  "Commented" she; he "muttered";
She "blushed," she "dimpled," and she "sighed";
  He "ventured" and he "stuttered";
She "spoke," "suggested," and "pursued";
He "pleaded," "pouted," "called," and "viewed."


O synonymble writers, ye
  Whose work is so high-pricey.
Think ye not that variety
  May haply be too spicy?
Meseems that in an elder day
They had a thing or two to _say_.

© Franklin Pierce Adams