(n): (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
discomfit
(v): cause to lose one's composure
(v): call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
(adj): disappointingly unsuccessful
(adj): vs. successful) -- (not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome
Crossing the campus
with a 6 by 6 canvas
in a force 7,
the art student looks like a
discomfited Wright brother.
His large oil depicts
a seagull in a tweed suit
boxing with a fox
who wears muffler and flat cap.
(An allegory, I think.)
- Peter Reading, Nips, from Diplopic, 1983