She fondles her bamboo-patterned purse
and looks in Nordstrom's window
at summer styles. Brief is in.
Caparisons of crumple-proof rayon
are out. She doffs her raincoat
capitulating to the needs of the moment.
The silver-fleshed mannequin—
head canted at an anatomically unlikely angle—
(a glitch in the display-designing software?)
stares sapiently into the rain. Her mouth
tastes of it: tincture of futility.
--for Big Tent's Wordle prompt
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Monday, May 17, 2010
A Glitch in the Fashion Works
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you are never at a loss for great wording. this is great. hope all has been well. have a great day.
Great economic use of the words.
Had to search for the post because your link was incorrect.
Open with < drop the inverted commas and place > after html
close with < followed by / then a before >
Everything except your title in lower case.
Hope this helps.
It was worth the hunt to find this. all mannequins are disturbing, but the silver ones are closer to creepy.
"Caparisons of crumple-proof rayon" are so last year! Enjoyed this window shopping.
I got 'em all in, too, but not in so few lines! Another good one!
I'm not a fashionista, but I loved this poem, especially those few words that snagged me in the beginning, "Brief is in." Thanks!
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Brief is in - yup. A fun and fine read!
wonderful details. Loved the bamboo purse.
Linda Frances
word-painting.blogspot.com
Amazingly clever. And 'tincture of futility' made me smile!
smart to combine some of the words like "crumple-proof" and "tincture of futility" -- a trick i hope to remember when i do my next wordle poem!
smart to combine some of the words like "crumple-proof" and "tincture of futility" -- a trick i hope to remember when i do my next wordle poem!
(I fixed the link.)
I'm amazed when someone uses the words in such tight -- and creative, yet reasonable -- ways. Like this!
Well done & a terrific read.
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