A One-liner

Following on from The Good Old Days theme set by the previous challenge, we are revisiting a poetic form I invented in October 2012, and listed as a new form in December of that year at PoetySoup. That December, I also sponsored a Standard contest (we did not have Premiere contest back then) featuring Suzette Prime: ‘SUZETTE PRIME: Prime Numbers & Philosophy’.

For an overview of Suzette Prime, see the following article:

Suzette Prime Poems | Examples of Suzette Prime Poetry (poetrysoup.com)

What to submit?

Submit a Suzette Prime one-liner—capped at 23 syllables—using one of the following 2 words as the title and theme (see the footnotes for definitions):

1. Attenuate

OR

2. Gracile

EXAMPLE POEMS of Suzette Prime one-liners:

• crimping clouds | Poem (poetrysoup.com)
• an attenuated tree branch | Poem (poetrysoup.com)

You may use any poetic device suitable for this brief, eg a caesura as I did in the first poem above. But it is not necessarily as demonstrated in the second example.

NB Syllable counts will be verified by howmanysyllables.com (the one here at PS is not always accurate).

DEFINITIONS

1. Attenuate:

• Verb: to make thinner, weaker, or less intense. Example: “Glass attenuates sound.”

• Adjective: reduced in force, slender, or diluted. Example: “An attenuate thread of light.”
• Noun (attenuation): the process of diminishing strength or intensity. Example: “The attenuation of radio waves over distance.”

2. Gracile: (adjective) having a light, thin body, especially in anthropology to describe modern types of human; slender, slight; graceful.

To be clear: I did not request a regular sentence using one of the two words above (it was not a grammar test!), but a full-blooded POEM in Suzette Prime (see the Definition here at PoetrySoup, or one of the many articles I wrote on the subject). The presentation is important, therefore, the punctuation & caps gave many away - perhaps AI? It HAD to add up to a PRIME NUMBER (MAX 23) & have a personal philosophical slant - your take on life or a situation. Anything other than the one-word title was rejected. Other well-known poetry forms in one-liners are Alexandrine, monoku, and monostich.