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Known But Not Familiar Words

I always
put it around my nostrils,
I answer when she asks me
where I put my Vicks.

Then in my half-sleep
I notice how strange the word sounds,
"nostrils." Words not often said
wander in the woods without trails.

Something like nose,
I know that word even though it's
not every day. Nostrils, the appendage
feature, like the nomenclature of insect parts.

In my half-sleep about to slip
into dream my facetious mind
knows how linked 
here on earth to parts of strange beasts.

Copyright © Don Schaeffer | Year Posted 2012

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Don Schaeffer Date: 2/1/2012 3:10:00 PM I always put it around my nostrils, I answer when she asks me where I put my Vicks. Then in my half-sleep I notice how strange the word sounds, "nostrils." Words not often said wander in the woods without trails. Something like nose, I know that word even though it's not every day. Nostrils, the appendage feature, like the nomenclature of insect parts. In my half-sleep about to slip into dream my facetious mind knows the link here on earth to parts of strange beasts. Login to Reply