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This Is What I Call My Baby
Posted: May 22nd, 2008, 1:10 pm
by Lightning Rod
I call my baby Bengladesh
so I don't have to refer to her as Darfur
a man could starve to death
on her good cooking
she can do accupunture with stiletto heels
and my mind reels at her logic
I call my baby the Sea of Tranquility
because she is on the moon
I call her Tumor for short
because she is inoperable
sometimes I call her Natural Disaster
because she is so improbable
I call my baby Hurricane
category five in her brain
I call my baby Stolichnaya
an ethanol supertrain
I call my baby the Nobel Prize
she cut her teeth on dynamite
I call my baby Alcatraz
she is impossible to escape
Posted: May 22nd, 2008, 1:16 pm
by gypsyjoker
"bows"
Posted: May 22nd, 2008, 1:41 pm
by bennie2
i call my baby houdini
cause the women, she escapes me
i call my baby camoflage
cause i've never even seen her
funny piece LR. makes you think about the silly things people say about loved ones. I have a Tim Buckley live recording from the Troubadour. He says in the record, "I love you so much honey I could shit!"
that's amoré
Posted: May 22nd, 2008, 1:53 pm
by judih
oh, bring on the metaphors. Excellent.
this is so good i could give up thinking.
Posted: May 22nd, 2008, 6:39 pm
by WIREMAN
"to the moon"
big jet plane
writing thru
riding through
thoughts thrown
makes for poe-try
my babies playin'
knick-knack-paddy-whack
Posted: May 22nd, 2008, 9:21 pm
by Lightning Rod
thanks for reading, you guys
glad you got a kick
it was a kick to write
Posted: May 22nd, 2008, 10:23 pm
by westcoast
yeah, i wanted to comment from work but they don't allow us to post from the desktop
love it!
~westie
Posted: May 22nd, 2008, 10:33 pm
by Doreen Peri
clever..... as usual.... very nice, lrod
Posted: May 22nd, 2008, 11:47 pm
by Lightning Rod
doreen peri wrote:clever..... as usual.... very nice, lrod
thank you, doreen
I call this form the Lrodian Quatranelle
you'll notice that each verse has approximately four lines
and the internal rhyme pattern is A B1/2 A# and add an anapest
Posted: May 22nd, 2008, 11:48 pm
by Doreen Peri
huh?
Lightning-
Posted: May 23rd, 2008, 9:32 am
by the mingo
...Shiny, Lightning...i come here for my meat & my wine & you folks always make it so...LARGE THX!
Posted: May 23rd, 2008, 5:52 pm
by saw
superb....it would be tough to pick a favorite stanza, but if I were forced to I'd go with #2....she can do accupuncture with her high heels
and my mind reels at her logic
I call my baby the Sea of Tranquility
because she is on the moon
good stuff....loved it
Posted: May 23rd, 2008, 6:13 pm
by Lightning Rod
thanks for looking, mingo
saw, interesting that you should pick that verse
I have edited it
changing the first line of the second verse to:
she can do accupunture with stiletto heels
the rhythm is a little better
and it's a sharper image
(pun intended)
Posted: May 23rd, 2008, 6:37 pm
by saw
yes...stiletto is a nice addition...
Posted: May 23rd, 2008, 7:23 pm
by hester_prynne
Okay so this could be a fabulous song......
I mean this is great stuff....
Bravo!
H
