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Tchotchke

My abecedarian fingers Numb to their recalculations and lexicons I brush slimly my thumb through each And clasp myself in fives or nines It sinks its full weight like an equivocate clasp One gaucherie to an eldritch comeuppance A padlock lip nimble and pivoted like sickness Delicate but ultimately dependent upon timing The human stomach is a pendulum I feel mine pulse as cynosure cascaded I cherish extemporaneous occurances Empyrean palisades and medications I collect as a dictator my tintinnabulations Of etiolated tchotchke and clamp my fistful Stumpside in the rivulet, Adamic clay bathes Of my clasping reconnaissance of fives and nines.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 10/2/2009 5:14:00 PM
You are amazing. I love the repetition... and also just the continued imagery relating to numbers/figures. This is my favorite part though: "One gaucherie to an eldritch comeuppance / A padlock lip nimble and pivoted like sickness / Delicate but ultimately dependent upon timing / The human stomach is a pendulum (!)" I thought the lack of punctuation worked completely well with this, too. LOVE YA! Daffy
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Date: 9/30/2009 12:55:00 PM
Had to look up tchotchke, Nathaniel, and was surprised to learn it referes to knickknacks and trinkets. I certainl agree that "The human stoach is a pendulum." It's the center of pain and feeling for me. Very intriguing write! Love, Carolyn
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Date: 9/30/2009 11:40:00 AM
This is a thought provoking piece. Not sure exactly what saying here. I notice some language that is used in medicine and herbal cures. Keep writing. Sara
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