Ah,
the aspects of language!
Contradiction, alliteration,
the defiance of formulization,
sometimes even redundancy;
all perfectly correct in their grammar,
but so much fun as well...
The quintessence of poetry.
The moliminously mangled misstatements
that can occur
delight me, and sweep away
the strands of hebatude from my
bored and atrabilious mind.
Who is to say that we may not be
tenaciously demure,
if that is what we so wish?
Or form the Democratic Republic of
Conservative Liberals, even?
We might even claim indolence as our passion.
(The limits are boundless, and the bounds are limitless!)
It does not defy the lustration of the language,
that multitudes of purists seem to want.
Nor, however--
and on a sadder note--
does it edify in earnest
the egocentrics of ejaculators
who,
mistaking our clemency
for the embodiment of blandness,
wax eloquent on subjects of which
they know nothing about.
(A pox on their firstborn son!)
A singular anomaly is not
a formicivorous anteater,
nor a sesquipedalian half-yardstick,
but the deal the of the century;
such as two bows, five bowstrings, a leather quiver,
two armguards, one fingerguard, and 30 arrows,
four of them with hunting tips,
all for five dollars!
And when three arrows costs five dollars
in a sporting goods store, too.
Now that, my friend, is a singular anomaly.
(And unique as well!)
And there are so many words in the English language
that we can use in these fun pastimes!
Omphaloskepsis: the act of contemplating one's navel.
Triskaidekaphobia: fear of the number thirteen.
Vorjuice: the sour juice of unripe grapes.
And many, many more besides!
I hope that I've excited you.
(Feel free to effervesce.)
Author notes
Wow, I went a little overboard there. Well, hopefully if you made it through, you didn't have to spend too much time in the dictionary.
That was really, really fun to write. And I don't know about you, but I'm certainly exited.
A contest entry
- Impress Me (#13) by Mmmichelle.
300 points, ended February 5, 7 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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You are fantastic with words. I wish I could I need a dictionary all the time.
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Exited or excited? I don't see why the demure couldn't be tenacious, probably a lot more tenacious than the not so demure. I'm not effervescing but that doesn't mean I haven't enjoyed it.
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Overall this is great, I was distracted to a point on the subject of abject Archery, where can a get this great deal at? I Love archery.
To this one I cast my Alabaster stone.
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It was at a garage sale. You've gotta love 'em, eh? We had to get rid of the hunting tips, of course, because with young children in the house, it wasn't very safe.
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Curses. It (the computer) won't let me rate your comment as reward for reading all of it, or reply directly.
to tell the truth, which I'm told is usually is good idea, I'm a bit unsure about one or two myself. But I know how to spell them--I think--so that's just fine.
I wonder if I can applaud myself? Hmm. I'm honest, so I won't try. -
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Dont worry, came back to read it with a dictionnary. You cant, Ive tried.
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WHOAAAA NELLLY!!! I mean I got through it but how I survived I do not know, I couldnt prounonce HALF the words and If you dont win that contest, Then Ill feel bad for myself for going through that thing I went to check the meaning of the first 3 words then I just gave up. Good luck!
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