Thrifty … Hi.
Try thrift, if I fit.
Hit thirty: fry it!
Thy rift.
Frugal … Rag flu?
Gal fur.
Rehash … Ear, shh.
Has her, eh?
Rash he; rah she.
Ah, hers!
Hoarded … Dread.
Oh, dared! Oh, add hero.
He (Dad) hero or –
Hear odd (ah, odder!). Or add eh.
Hard ode.

Originally published in White Wall Review 41 (2017)