Tuesday, December 20, 2005

The Monosyllable

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Phantasmagoria
is a big word, and so is
trepidation. Too big for me.
I know hallucination, even discombobulation,
but they’re long, unwieldy.
I’d prefer a single syllable,
the one which goes between
selfish I’s and demeaning You’s,
crafting a phrase entirely unselfish,
entirely exalting.

But I worry that one syllable’s too short —
too short! —
too short that it’s become
cliché.


04:09 AM
December 20, 2005

14 Comments:

Blogger yayam said...

aahh..another wonder from corsarius himself..:)

happy holidays! :D

6:41 PM  
Blogger ia said...

that, coming from corsarius himself?

*whispers to self* the corsarius, formerly known as the-one-who-wields-the-huge-guns?

:P


(and by huge guns i mean big, intimidating, discombobulating words.)

...

"selfish I’s and demeaning You’s"

perfect for my season of hate.
(no, not christmas.)

7:02 PM  
Blogger Corsarius said...

to yayam: thanks. have a joyful xmas season, too!

to ia: why? what is the crime that i've committed? ;)

"perfect for my season of hate." the monosyllable takes care of the problem.

7:41 PM  
Blogger Abaniko said...

hark! someone's in "love".

4:17 PM  
Blogger Drakulita said...

buti na maging cliche kaysa yung sa version ng salbakuta...

"stupid!"

5:30 PM  
Blogger Corsarius said...

to abaniko: aba, how did you know? obviously obvious hehe.

to drakulita: hehehe. hey, galing ng last post ah! ;)

7:28 PM  
Blogger vaN said...

Better unique than being cliche, diba? :D Kudos! :D

Happy Holidays!

7:58 PM  
Blogger Lei_SATG said...

how happy the holidays is for you. happy, happy, happy! ^_^

11:54 AM  
Blogger Corsarius said...

to vaninski: you're right about that. thanks. merry xmas!

to sunset_eyes: hm, not entirely happy, hehe..how about you? i hope u enjoy the noche buena!

3:01 PM  
Blogger -Poison- said...

happy hols corsarius! and if abaniko is right, our corsarius is latest victim of lurve ;))

3:52 PM  
Blogger ygraine said...

lol. i agree with drakulita's comments.


merry christmas!

12:54 PM  
Blogger Corsarius said...

to poison: haha! been its victim for years now. happy holidays, man!

to cosmochiq0011: merry christmas, ygraine!

4:40 PM  
Blogger admin said...

A very merry christmas to you Corsarius and all your readers!

I hope you had a nice holiday!

Cheers

Viruswitch

11:43 PM  
Blogger Corsarius said...

hope u had a merry christmas too, viruswitch!

6:55 PM  

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