BRIEF: Pick a word, the more obscure the better, and then write a six line verse that includes it.
knout
\ˈnau̇t\
sometimes ˈnüt
plural: knouts
a flogging whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire used (as in czarist Russia) for punishing criminals.
The Imperial Edict normal pain, it seems, never enough for them flogging so passé, instead a knout comes out; poisons are a poor man’s game, make time for elegant pomades that stun, desserts to maim as in amongst the chaos of historical refrains no-one expects Imperials to lose...
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