Sunday, February 27, 2011

zigzag thoughts

the lines turn to zigzag;
make a sad song
on my broken record
it plays on and on

if Adam had covered Eve
I wouldn't have existed
neither you, but we do

that leaf can vellicate our skins
but do we ever learn to save the bell?

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Vellicate: 

  • tickle: touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
  • pinch: irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"
    wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

20 comments:

Fay Campbell said...

My thoughts also zag and zig. Nice post.
http://wantofwords.blogspot.com/

Ramesh Sood said...

Enjoyed it.. none of us would have existed..yes..but then we are happy existing.. aren't we..

anthonynorth said...

And a good job we do. Nice one.

SandyCarlson said...

Well said. What could have been in that Garden of Rebellion (Almost).

vivinfrance said...

What interesting words you use. My thoughts are definitely zig-zaggy - scatterbrain, that's me.

Lisa at Greenbow said...

You never know what will come of a garden. Nice usage of vallicate.

Romeo Morningwood said...

You have vellicated my interest concerning your stance on whether orr not you support blaming Eve for the downfall of mankind as the misogynistic text suggests.
If you recall, the two were not cast out because of eating the fruit, but to keep them away from the Tree of Knowledge...and this worked out quite well because look at how many Centuries it has taken mankind to overcome the mythology and gravitate towards an empirical scientific cosmology.
How do you plead?

gautami tripathy said...

Donn: I pleade guilty.

:D

gautami tripathy said...

*plead...

*grin*

Anonymous said...

This word made me zigzag also. Your words are perfect.

DeLi said...

coincidentally, my image is something like of adam and eve in the garden..me and my partner's fave walkway

Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis Hall said...

love this,

your interpretation of the word vertillicate is very helpful...

cheers.

spiritsoflena said...

I like where you went with this prompt.

Unknown said...

You made me ponder, think, consider. I like that.

Anonymous said...

An impressive mean to measure time and life.

Please have a good new week.

daily athens

Vinay Leo R. said...

lots of life lessons in the post, Gautami. thank u..

Wayne Pitchko said...

nicely zigged and nicely zagged.....and very nicely written....thanks again for your words Gautami

Gloria said...

Thanks for teaching me a word with which I wasn't familiar...and thanks for a good read!

girl daydreaming said...

beautiful and fun poem... very nicely written.

Patti said...

I like the zig zaginess of your vellicate~~~ Nice!