Leptosome

LEPTOSOME

-noun

a person with a small bodily frame and a slender physique

Call him leptosome

(if you must)

I call him a stick man

Infandous

INFANDOUS

-adj.

Too odious to be expressed or mentioned.

Of course

Sometimes the colours run

Turning the page into infandous matter

Enantiosis

ENANTIOSIS

-noun

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

Ours is a tortuous affair

Full of enantiosis and dark hints

But the paper drinks my ink all the same

Skirr

SKIRR

-verb

1. (intr. usually followed by “off”, “away”, etc.) to move, run, or fly rapidly

2. archaic , literary (trans.) to move rapidly over (an area, etc.), especially in order to find or apprehend

-noun

3. a whirring or grating sound, as of the wings of birds in flight

Her fingers skirr over the keyboard

Hardly connecting, it seems

Yet words appear, telling a story.

Reverberate

REVERBERATE

-verb

1. (intr.) to resound or re-echo.

2. to reflect or be reflected many times

3. (intr.) to rebound or recoil

4. (intr.) (of the flame or heat in a reverberatory furnace) to be deflected onto the metal or ore on the hearth

5. (trans.) to heat, melt, or refine (a metal or ore) in a reverberatory furnace

We

Call

Out! Out!

Sounds bouncing

Reverberating

Off careless minds, off careless brains,

Barely acknowledged

Or noticed

Blank signs

Mute

Dead

Parcel

PARCEL

-noun

1. an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.

2. a quantity or unit of something, as of a commodity for sale; lot.

3. a group, collection, or assemblage of persons or things.

4. a distinct, continuous portion or tract of land.

5. a part, portion, or fragment.

-verb (used with object)

6. to divide into or distribute in parcels or portions (usually followed by “out”).

7. to make into a parcel or wrap as a parcel.

8. Nautical . to cover or wrap (a rope) with strips of canvas.

-adv.

9. Archaic . in part; partially.

A

Play:

Parcels

Simmering

Over a warm stove

To be devoured

In two bites

Over

A

Dare

Callisthenics

CALLISTHENICS

-noun (plural) 
1. ( used with a plural verb ) gymnastic exercises designed to develop physical health and vigour, usually performed with little or no special apparatus.
2. ( used with a singular verb ) the art, practice, or a session of such exercises.

 Extensive exercise of callisthenics

Caused a warp in the fabric of reality

Creating four cats out of one

Optometry

OPTOMETRY

 -noun 
the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.

We

Age

We fight

Time's effects

Our decrepitude

Our need for sly optometry

Hidden in fashion

A posing

Glasses?

Me?

No.

Memento

MEMENTO

-noun

1. an object or item that serves to remind one of a person, past event, etc.; keepsake; souvenir.

2. anything serving as a reminder or warning.

3. ( initial capital letter, italics ) Roman Catholic Church . either of two prayers in the canon of the Mass, one for persons living and the other for persons dead.

Fractured corpses

All tints and glamour lost

A memento of what is to come

Fading with memory