Eniantosis

ENIANTOSIS

-noun

Rhetoric . a figure of speech in which what is meant is the opposite of what is said; irony.

A mess of political pamphlets in the mailbox

A world stuck in malicious eniantosis

Useful only to kindle a fire. Revolt, maybe

Bonny

BONNY

-adj.

1. dialect  (Scot., Northern English) . beautiful or handsome

2. merry or lively

3. good or fine

4. (especially of babies) plump

5. dialect  ( Scot ), ( Northern English ) considerable; to be reckoned with

-adv.

6. informal . agreeably or well

She wasn't a bonny lass

At least her picture doesn't make her so

Yet her influence was bonny enough

To warrant a late sainthood

Squalid

SQUALID

-adj.

1. dirty and repulsive, especially as a result of neglect or poverty

2. sordid

Not so much who we are

(but a squalid bunch in fact)

Rather why we are at all

Mere flakes off a forsaken wall

Fervid

FERVID

-adj.

1. intensely passionate; ardent

2. archaic , poetic or  boiling, burning, or glowing

Also: fervent

A fervid prayer

Unfolds on the wall

A mysterious story

Murder untold

 

Don

DON

-verb

(trans.) to put on (clothing)

-noun

1. (Brit.) a member of the teaching staff at a university or college, especially at Oxford or Cambridge

2. the head of a student dormitory at certain Canadian universities and colleges

3. a Spanish gentleman or nobleman

4. (in the Mafia) the head of a family

Just when we thought it was time

To don summer garments and frippery

The sky breaks down, cries on our shoulder