BLANK STARE

BLANK STARE

A Poem by Vol

Abstract nouns laid down

willy-nilly and where would

we be without them? I mean

Words without substance are

a little-gray-cell party, the walls

decorated in double entendre

bright ideas no one has ever

seen before... makes you want

to paint a picture of dark with

all its recognizable features

only slightly distinguishable

from a framed rendition of

disappointment, due to texture

rather than sound. Is color an

abstract? The blue in your eye

is in no way like my blue sky.

How did we do it? Come up

with names for stuff not really

there?

...Easy:

Caveman: “rock.”

Cavelady: “stick”

Caveman: “err”

Cavelady: “um”

...Hard:

Caveman: “Existential crisis”

Cavelady: “Procreation”

Caveman: “Sex”

Cavelady: “Marriage”

What a mess! Are you FREE?

Are you HAPPY? Are you WISE?

Do you walk in beauty?

Do you see what I mean?

No wonder you can’t buy love, no...

Concrete nouns like His wounds.

Abstract ones like our doubt.






© 2025 Vol


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Sorry Vol, but as soon as you mentioned double entendre my mind instantly started playing an old Frankie Howard joke about his audience, with big belly laughs from tge guys with big belly's and little titters from the...anyhoo, it made me want to watch up Pompeii again, a movie he starred in, much like the old carry on films he also starred in.
This is one of my favourite things to think about. Why did we get from grunts and hitting people with clubs, to words like effervescant, pomegranate and squishy?
I cant prove it, but i reckon the hipsters are to blame for some of it at least.
I can understand how we got to words like ouch, because it was just an auto response when someone bounced a rock off your uhm... top of you bit where you keep your eyes nose snd mouth, but how in the name of jumping forks did we get to ingredients like a burst of fruit or a hint of calm?
Ill tell you why...buddy hipsters, thats why?
And why when they love technology so much do they all dress like 18th century cobblers?
I might need a lie down now. Sorry about the distaction. It wont happen again. Well, not until i go for another coffee! 🤪

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Sorry Vol, but as soon as you mentioned double entendre my mind instantly started playing an old Frankie Howard joke about his audience, with big belly laughs from tge guys with big belly's and little titters from the...anyhoo, it made me want to watch up Pompeii again, a movie he starred in, much like the old carry on films he also starred in.
This is one of my favourite things to think about. Why did we get from grunts and hitting people with clubs, to words like effervescant, pomegranate and squishy?
I cant prove it, but i reckon the hipsters are to blame for some of it at least.
I can understand how we got to words like ouch, because it was just an auto response when someone bounced a rock off your uhm... top of you bit where you keep your eyes nose snd mouth, but how in the name of jumping forks did we get to ingredients like a burst of fruit or a hint of calm?
Ill tell you why...buddy hipsters, thats why?
And why when they love technology so much do they all dress like 18th century cobblers?
I might need a lie down now. Sorry about the distaction. It wont happen again. Well, not until i go for another coffee! 🤪

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1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

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But isn't the sea green?
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Thank you Eternity!
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My name is Vol Lindsey. I live in Gouge Eye, Texas, a tiny ghost town on Rt. 66. I am a retired creative writing, English literature teacher. I have been writing poetry and reading publicly since 196.. more..

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