NaPoWriMo #9

This day's prompt was the cliche and proverbial "humdinger"... Don't know about this one at all, but I couldn't resist the Mission Impossible allusion. Here's the prompt:

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to:

• Use at least twelve words from this list: flap, winter, torch, pail, jug, strum, lever, massage, octopus, marionette, stow, pumice, rug, jam, limp, campfire, startle, wattle, bruise, chimney, tome, talon, fringe, walker;
• Include something that tastes terrible;
• Include some part (from a few words to several lines) of a previous poem that didn’t quite pan out; and
• Include a sound that makes you happy.

Here's the result:

Words

I am
a marionette

They strum and heave
my strings. I am an easy
walker in their sway
tome talon torch
Playful and suggestive
stroke startle stow
Horrid and bitter
carob winter
Joyous poignant bliss
coffee maker gurgle
first born giggle
Warm and edgy
chimney fringe
Betraying and truthful
aware and oblivious
of contradiction