Kerfuffle @ Kittle Kafe
slang splashed spectacle,
sweltry sight to see
from bothros discharged,
chthonic nannie
raucous, ribald witticisms
form Brazen Berry lips
Hecate recolored,
terracota fingertips
witty last call eyes,
szechuan irony,
schlumply disguised
in vagabond finery,
a dabchick’s peppery patois so valley girl
conflation integration, untranslatable churl
tongue-lashing, breathtaking, caterwaul drool
stings like pricks of ankle-biter mewl
rudely interrupts my proletarian gruel
accosted by forearmed tombstone remarks
siren-tongued mystique of daemon oligarchs
✦✧✦
malignant rant
rebellious rave
deviant chant
scandalized slave
✭✫✭
over the top, under the curve
a poetic duel, if you’ve got the nerve
✱ ✲ ✱
so, let me go, or let go of me
I ain’t no cougar-cub wannabe
absorbed in lamia’s sorcery
unofficial demigoddess territory
benevolent hope devours torched memory
rescued by breeze of humility
© ~ Randy Bell ~ 2013
A daemonic dose of word list lunacy !!
daemon
devouring
published
Hecate/Trivia/trivia
conflation
nannies
moodily
forearm
remarks
recolored
unofficial
godmother
memory
science
tombstone
restores
form
benevolent
malignant
chthonic
territory
bothros
absorbed
torch
terracotta
cloudfactor5
Jan 16, 2013 @ 18:45:23
Man, I love that picture and the title. Why didn’t you come link this? I saw it in my reader and “liked” it. But when I went to hunt it down again, I couldn’t find it.
Wow. This poem is awesome, especially the sound. Not only my ears, but also my tongue—all very happy. A pleasure to read and hear myself read aloud.
These are some of my favorite lines:
“slang splashed spectacle”
“raucous, ribald witticisms form Brazen Berry lips”
“szechuan irony”
“dabchick’s peppery patois”
“untranslatable churl tongue-lashing, breathtaking, caterwaul drool stings like pricks of ankle-biter mewl” Ha! Are you writing about me, Randy?
“siren-tongued mystique of daemon oligarchs”
“over the top, under the curve / a poetic duel, if you’ve got the nerve”
“so, let me go, or let go of me”
“rescued by breeze of humility”
You rocked this list, Randy! I posted a new one …
Hey, how come no one ever writes from the perspective of the poor lamia, even if she’s really just a girl? Don’t you think she’s tortured? Maybe she can’t help what she is; her life can’t be very easy.
Jan 16, 2013 @ 20:26:13
I was kinda so delirious when I wrote this( my wife was very sick and thought I was getting sick) that I couldn’t even figure out how to link this! It would definitely be a challenge to write from the lamia’s perspective for me, however I was sorta seeing her as a slang splattering hero of invective language! At one point I thought this would just be a skeltonic rap, in reality I have a soft spot for lamia’s, especially since I had that picture of the one I sent you, on my wall for so many years! Glad you enjoyed! I most definitely am not writing about you !! P.S. Your poem on punctuation was really killer, it had me laughing as I am so terrible at it!
Jan 16, 2013 @ 20:28:02
I was only joking about you writing about me.
I think the best time to write is when you’re delirious!
Jan 16, 2013 @ 20:33:20
You might really have an excellent point there!