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Poetic Form: Ottava Rima
Inspired: 2024 May 17
Image: Don't Miss Your Shot by ParentMap
Don't Miss Your Shot: Help Your Kids Conquer a Fear of Needles | ParentMap
PENKNOB: Is our household word that my kids euphemistically created of the two phrases that I purposely refrained its actual pronunciation by slurring PENKNOB: Phrase #1. Hands-Off/or don't touch; #2. Shut-Up/or be quiet. My youngest daughter would say that word when we're at the doctors. Tonal voiceration I've introduced to my family, whereby the harsh realities that preexist in common societiy can be adjusted through respectable levels of plain and common decency via communication. (0)[X](0) [X](0)[X] (0)[X](0)[X](0) [X](0)[X] (0)[X](0)
Penknob, my sick self tired from those daily pokes,
Oh, Penknob, saddening -- tearing eye exposed,
Penknob girl strong inside mirror be screen smokes
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as Penknob pairs a tearing o'er a snub-nosed,
the nurse in white and a tray of Penknob jokes,
Penknob done we smile I hurt a while, my clothes,
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Fiddle some skittle, Penknob quick-n -dandy, Penknob me -- my smile with pink cotton candy
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Date: 5/17/2024 4:44:00 PM
I found your poem a fascinating and unique read. I had to look up the meaning of the word 'penknob.' sigh, parenting
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Date: 5/17/2024 6:18:00 PM
Excuse moi, Sara, defining clarity posted--my thanks for your generosities, and stalwart to my shortcomings. Aloha, William
Date: 5/17/2024 5:36:00 AM
Whimsical write Willy. Always hated cotton candy. Weird I know
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Date: 5/17/2024 7:27:00 AM
Woody, nursery rhyme turned ottava rima, on my 3rd, ABC/Constance, Allit clueless...My kid girl called needles Penknob clueless?? Penknob is done now--twas work in progress

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