.
deep vibrate'n
mine
bellow'z rhythm
grunts
snort
snort
shhnort
clack shhtomp
scraaape
daddio holdz on
woops
thar him goez
swooosh flop
flip
like uh hunk uh poops
plop
']>
*bardeo; mine portmanteau for,
bard and rodeo <]')
In goodwill frame sans garnished aim,
A gift with a portmanteau name,
And given to a friend,
Motive nor any end,
Plane, polite gallantry, no game.
But world, wrapped in motive--
Subjective and dative,
Cause following effect
And fiction feigning fact,
Finds a fawn fawning in front of a dame.
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Happenings | 25.05.2026 | chocolate, gift, humour, world, Limerick
Note: A goodwill gift given by PM Modi on visit to his counterpart of Italy—no more no less but becoming a hot subject of the chatter circuit of social media. This ditty cries out of this excess and still ends up with an excess of alliteration of its own in the end.
.
and
me thuh
be'n
genteelman
mine duke's digits
reachen
one and
two
ooops
,)>
*reachen; mine portmanteau for,
reach in...
old french en, meaning "in," "into"
yep, uh prefix
.
'cauze
she i
lets
al'uv'ine
*al'luv'ern; mine portmanteau for,
'all uv hern' ,)
Democracy is a portmanteau word
People in power, it’s well understood
The power is huge, and the people are not
They give power to a few who sound good
And those representatives are ruling class
They don’t smell like “demos” at all
But they like to be chosen by them, or by us
As democracy fable is told
But there is a sweet paradox I discovered
The assortment of those who campaign
Can’t recognize that it’s people in power
Because ruling’s an elitist game
Plain people aren’t very ‘elite’, to be frank
It’s believed they are not that refined
So what it boils down to is the front rank
Of the very top people aligned
But do you believe it? I doubt if you can
Considering what’s on the list
And what is prepared for us by those men
Looks not too enticing, at least.
.
azzzzz thuh
wizzzard
bamb
i mean
poof
'tain't cinderella
ain't red
l'il
whut's'er name
or no
goldilocks
bamb
i meant wooosh (did too)
she cute though
appalicious
bamb
cute
,)>
*appalicious; mine portmanteau for,
appalachian ~and~ delicious
who luvz yuh <]')
.
well
up i were
listen'nin (yeah you snore)
and no
i
could not
hear
thuh starz
phuk
yup up
i
were
listen'nin (ooh you snore love)
dumbstruck
mine witness'd
Yahweh's Supernovae
Awesome
Send'n thuh Future
past mine querious
eyne'z
see
*querious; mine portmanteau for,
'querying curious' ')
.
to pronounce thuh werd
az thuh scientist
took uh minute
yet
drip
leak
splutter
mine
all over
each hern raimentless
feverish frivol front
my'd
*"my'd": my portmanteau for;
'my been had' ,)
.
up and down
eyebrowz
slope'd
brown iris
thick jowlz
box'd
chin
horse toophiz
lips
thick
lock'd
my
tap
*yougots; plural for mine portmanteau,
yougot: you got (have)
(own)(etc .)
.
thuh irony that
both be
here
and
i
pickled
i mean
tickle'd
pink
*you'll never say "ménage à trois"
correctly again ')
i plead thuh 5th, i mean
poetic license ')
*Poetry soup allowz not; "special
characters in title", mine portmanteau,
'tiz; "mémonz à trois": ask google
(okay so I fluster sometimez ,)
.
the heavy night's
fog
front mine
lenz
hern
monochrome
brilliant
thuh roll'n fog
'pon thuh
prairie'z thick
front mine
lenz
hern
kodachrome
dynamic
*vernaltography: my portmanteau for;
"spring photography".
*Tography is a general term used to refer
to the art, process, or technique of creating
and producing images, typically through the
use of various branches and sub-fields such as
photography.
*"tography." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2025.
Web. 8 Mar. 2025.
.
y'all gotta use
thuh back door
yeah
eve'z been wit me
from
thuh begin'nin
*begin'nin iz my portmanteau;
"first lady" ')
portmanteau most fowl
conceived of a twisted mind—
turducken madness
I lifted once
this geminine
up
oh yessss
mine dukes picked her'z
up
from each uv her tender'z
side
up
until
her slide
down
softening mine dukes
with her powder
soft
tickling yep
mine think
it wuzn't 'bout her powder soft
(the think)
'twuz
her mamma
their puff
I mean
warm taut
flush
mine palms
*"geminine" iz mine portmanteau for,
gem and feminine
.
ohhh
meyne waited
yes yes
ohhh yesss
(the bard praises hiz God)
the promise uv love
uv love
mine tender grip
ourn treasure
yourn diaphanous dowry
mine chest
ourn phuk'n love
there'z not the diamond
you'd need wish for
you'll be too busy
with phuk'n
lovez
*"phuk": explosive
exploded
spark sound
et cetera et phuk'n cetra
*"Meyne":my portmanteau for
'my eyne' :)
*Sunday'z testimony ')
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