Day: August 9, 2016

Our shared human vulnerability

 A day of sudden changes.Clouds

cross the sky

like whales swimming North in rows.

The sun was bright,dazzled my eyes

with gold and silver.

Wind cut across my face

like a slap from an angry father..

Those who love can also seem to hate us too..

The lure of that small childish body

tempts them to divert their anger towards it.

When the ones who hurt you

are also the ones you love,

it’s hard to know which direction to run in;

but it usually turns into a circle.

Retreating turns into a new arrival.

Straight lines might be better. though

On a spherical earth

difficult to find.

Even parallel lines meet

In their Riemannian geometry.

So we can never get away

Sometimes the best we manage

Is to increase the circle’s radius.

Though how is hard to know.

Do you love me or hate me?

Do you want me to stay or go?

What do I want?Do I have a me?

The memory of warmth draws me back

Like a cold lonely beast leaving the jungle

To lie down with a what appears to be a lamb,

Surprising the farmer up early to milk his animals

Finding a strange new one

Looking with tender,puzzled eyes

into His Human Face.

Rectify

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Merriam-Webster
WORD OF THE DAY
August 9, 2016
 P1000061
rectify Audio pronunciation
verb | REK-tuh-fye
Definition
1 :
to set right : remedy
2 :
to purify (as alcohol) especially by repeated or fractionaldistillation
3 :
to correct by removing errors
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Did You Know?
Which of the following words does not share its ancestry with rectify—direct, regimen, obstruct, correct, or resurrection? Like rectify, four of these words ultimately come from Latin regere, which can mean “to lead straight,” “to direct,” or “to rule.” Correct and directcome from regere via Latin corrigere and dirigere, respectively.Resurrection comes from Latin resurgere, whose stem surgere, meaning “to rise,” is a combination of sub– and regere. Regimen is from Latin regimen (“position of authority,” “direction,” “set of rules”), itself from regere. And rectify is from regere by way of Latin rectus (“right”). Obstruct is the only one of the set that has no relation to rectify. It traces back to Latin struere, meaning “to build” or “to heap up.”

Little boxes

Writing has me on the edge of a cliff
I look at the  gorgeous wilderness
How can THAT be put into words?
Words like little boxes , infinitely many,
How can the orange earth,the deep sky ,the palm trees
The  animals,   the bewildering birds and flowers
How can I convey this in these little boxes
“Having a great time,wish you were here
Weather’s fantastic,food .ditto
Did the cat turn up?
Can you give the big  teapot to James tomorrow?
Yeah,it’s nice here.Got lots of pics to show you.
Well,nearly time for our swim.See you soon.
How gravely the moon looks down on us
Like the eye of God.
Who sometimes winks.
How did He get here?
We are his metaphors.
Words convey by contrast,by opposition
I am myself but don’t create it.
I’m not used to this.

 

Is kissing work,we ponder as we sip?

https://youtu.be/G5RlDCh9MSA

 

I had a boyfriend once from Dungeness
He always dressed  in trousers he hand presssed
So when he arrived in dark blue jeans
It made my parents shout and scream
So  his suit he did not press,I must confess.

However we lived very well in sin
All rude  remarks were tossed into the bin
But after  ninety seven years
He told me he was tired of stares
So then we married ; now we live on gin.

 

I cook a meal  for Friday night at  eight
For we are Jews  by birth and claim our rights
We spend the Sabbath eating cake
But of course we put on weight
But love to hug  and kiss by candlelight.

Is kissing work,we ponder as we sip
The dew from off the other’s gorgeous lip
There’s no way we can be quite sure
But now our kisses have got fewer
As I’m  too old to love more than a bit.

In Dungeness there are not many Jews
And I am glad in case one lights my fuse
We scramble on the rocky shore
My husband’s brand new trousers tore
They were from Cohen’s  and Leonard    sent  two more

Gormless defined

Merriam Webster

gormless

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adjective gorm·less \ˈgȯrm-ləs\
Popularity: Top 40% of words

Simple Definition of gormless

  • : very stupid or foolish

Source: Merriam-Webster’s Learner’s Dictionary

Full Definition of gormless

chiefly British

  1. :  lacking intelligence :  stupid

gormlessness

noun chiefly British

See gormless defined for English-language learners

Examples of gormless in a sentence

  1. <a comedy show that invariably portrays the British aristocracy as a bunch of gormless twits>

Did You Know?

Gormless began life as the English dialect word gaumless, which was altered to the modern spelling when it expanded into wider use in the late 19th century. The origins of gaumless are easy to understand; the word derives from a combination of the dialect noun gaum, meaning “attention” or “understanding,” and the suffix -less. Gaum also functions as a verb in some dialects, where it means “to pay attention to” and “to understand.” An unrelated verb gaum means “to behave in a stupid or awkward manner.” There’s also a noun gaum, meaning “a stupid doltish person.” But none of these are as commonly used nowadays as gormless, which itself is most frequently seen in British English.

Gormless

The patient on  the couch   did squirm and writhe
Free association   caused her strain~
Therapy makes bodies lither
Erotic Oedipal  phantasies   take the  blame

He asked her  would she wear a looser dress
Yet this broke all the rules  of free congress
She bought a sack in green  which tried him  less
Hence she could carry on analysis.

His request   told her her body was too much
That eroticism is  more  powerful  than trust
She thought all Freud’s books were Double Dutch
Ar least she learned that wriggling provokes lust

So learn ,whate’er  your  social mores
Imitating worms is gormless

Squirm is a very expressive word

Definition of squirm in English:

squirm

Pronunciation: /skwəːm/

VERB

[NO OBJECT]

1Wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort:he looked uncomfortable and squirmed in his chair

More example sentencesSynonyms

1.1Show or feel embarrassment or shame:he squirmed as he recalled the phrases he had used

More example sentences

NOUN

[IN SINGULAR]

A wriggling movement:the toddler gave a sudden squirm

 

squirmy

ADJECTIVE

Origin

Late 17th century: symbolic of writhing movement; probably associated with worm.

Words that rhyme with squirm

affirm, berm, confirm, firm, germ, herm, midterm, perm, sperm, term, therm, worm