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André Darmanin's avatar

And where did this library of books that are dog eared at 69 come from?

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Britt L Freeman, Writer + SMM's avatar

Wow what a gem to dig up! Love finding these relics!

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Suswati Basu's avatar

Me too Britt!

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Joe The Poet's avatar

Thats funny

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Suswati Basu's avatar

I'm glad you like! I defer to your expertise in poetry!

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Daan Katz's avatar

This is such a clever poem. Love it!

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Suswati Basu's avatar

Thank you so much Dan, I think my love of Shakespeare and Chaucer shows here!

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Daan Katz's avatar

Oh, definitely! It does!

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jybyky's avatar

I really appreciate this writing, you give an understanding in appreciating every word, a process and artistic value that should not be ignored for people who understand the position of literature. Ignore the crazy barking, keep working, you always produce many amazing writings.

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Suswati Basu's avatar

Thank you so much, I really, really appreciate that. I think I'm in love with language.

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jybyky's avatar

Nice

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Liv Ramirez's avatar

Appreciated the dictionary

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Suswati Basu's avatar

I had to! This would make no sense otherwise 😂

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Liv Ramirez's avatar

True, I was about to bust out my online dictionary 😅

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Max Echard's avatar

This is utterly feral in the best way. Like a cursed sonnet dug up from the floorboards of a 17th-century tavern. Every line is a linguistic side quest.

You turned the dictionary into a weapon and made it sing. “Clatterfart,” “cockapert,” “tittynopes”—it’s not just wordplay, it’s necromancy.

You didn’t just write a poem.

You resurrected the thallus.

And I, for one, welcome our new clatterfart overlord.

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Suswati Basu's avatar

Haha, well, thank you Max! Really appreciate your lof (praise)! Also, bravo in your own usage of this wonderful verbal diarrhoea.

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Josh Stephenson's avatar

How are earth did you manage to not only use all these strange words in a poem, but make it work? 👏🏻👏🏻

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Suswati Basu's avatar

I had to think really carefully. I sat with a dictionary and wanted to see which words could work together in terms of a concept! Really appreciate you getting that!

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Britt L Freeman, Writer + SMM's avatar

My mind never made it back up from the sewers, for sure.

But this poem isn't just some muck!

I can tell you really put some thought into this seriously funny piece. 🎩

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Suswati Basu's avatar

Thank you so much Britt! I really had to think about the concept and how to weave these gems in.

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Ben L.'s avatar

Aqueously done,

❤️,

Kerfuffle Cockapert

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Suswati Basu's avatar

Touché!

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Happy Nielsen's avatar

Thanks for including the definitions lol this was great! Going to start using slut hole for sure

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Suswati Basu's avatar

Good choice! I'm definitely adding it to my vocabulary as well 😂

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Larry Carter Jr's avatar

Where's my fanny blower?

Oh no, it's under my coccyx.

Poppycock!

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Suswati Basu's avatar

Haha absolutely spot on! 😂

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Michael Patrick O’Leary's avatar

Hidden under the merkin

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Suswati Basu's avatar

Haha, on top of the queynte?

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Stephen Duffy's avatar

😂😂😂😂

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Zinbiel's avatar

Great stuff.

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Suswati Basu's avatar

Thank you! Went down a rabbit hole or a dick-holl for this one!

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Suswati Basu's avatar

Haha I'm glad you liked - thank you for trying to make sense of it!

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