Old Ripper.

A look at a world long ago and full of words!

The Abbess holding fast to key's to lock them in,

Smudges adorn the faces on men who call on,

Those academicians spread wild across duck feather,

Now silent as large paper crosses hands for a con.

A bailed-man lurks in the corner for lips to move,

Crafty devil one old spinster lied to another,

Broganeer's fill the air that sound never soothing,

Masks place havoc with reason and time further.

Behind the Corinth sleeps many a conveyancer,

Yes we too have dabbled and condiddled lots,

A Cotswold lion keeps Mary from the cold at night,

Never doubt the payments handed in the pots.

Groggified and dancing while in the gun,

Times were different then with the Gospel shop,

Never mind old ripper is long since dead,

Or so we believe when word is royal on the top!

Author's Note

Just playing around with forgotten words.

Reviews

[Bacchus]

my vocab is limited...
but this had an energy that
held me... will have to read a few more times
and learn, but isn't that part of the point?
so glad i stopped by.

oh jack the ripper is freaky...
this kinda makes me like his evilness- (i don't know the words for it)
again, because of the energy you can't but help read.

great use of words-
great to spur another writer to find some forgotten ones to
instead of saying things like evilness.

this was a dark, exciting treat.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

thank you darling, I'm glad you find this kind of wording intriguing.

[Ted Kniffen]

Good playing Thomas. A good description of a forgotten time, but I fear Old Ripper is far from dead. A good write.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Thank you.

[Einstein Noodle]

i recently watched Johnny Depp play the sleuth in "From Hell" i believe that is the correct title .. the Ripper and the Royals have left us an unsolved case of the ages
Broganeer's ...do you mean it to be possessive form? ...and how dare you sir...that's a lilt in me own ears, twinkling and delightful that bursts into song ;))
well done says i ... love the language ... especially "Groggified" ..love that! i think you did an amazing job telling the story with so much of it in so few lines ..the innuendos sublime says i!
E.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Thank you darling.

[Einstein Noodle]

aww! you called me darling! :O)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

we believe he is...i like the reference to Mary Kelley---

to the ripper...to the idea of actually exchanging glances and words face to face.

reminded me a bit of the movie "murder by decree"---

thanks for this read, it made my morning.

j.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

thank you Jacob.

[Cascara (aka Sprint Goe..]

pleasant read - reminds me of works written in the 20th century and earlier, in which big words were embraced instead of feared

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Thank you.

[hcarson]

Wow, loving some of the words here...groggified, condiddled!! Words i must find a reason to use at some point!! Loved this piece!! Well done 😀

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Thank you hcarson, I enjoy using lost of seldom used words, have a great day.

[Tate Morgan]

Your vocabulary far outstrips my own. I envy you

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Why thank you kind sir.

[Tate Morgan]

Smiles to you

[Ruth]

Such a vast scape covered here. One that left me lured and thoughtful Thomas. Brilliant :)

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Thank you.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

A definite Irish accented piece with a smattering of old english sentiment.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Indeed thank you.

[Valentine]

Sounds like a writing from olden times. I miss some of those old written tales. Valentine

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Thannk you

[Lyn Anderson]

Makes it somehow seem gentrified, all these forgotten words -- the seedy underworld in which the ripper trolled without fear of reprisal ... not so different from today, sadly, as it is still easy to kill people who live on the margins of society. One minor note -- key's does not need an apostrophe -- probably just an auto-correct error. An excellent poem, and great rhyme.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Thank you.