Ooooh! Bitterly lovely. Puts me in mind of Prévert:
The Discourse on Peace
Near the end of an extremely important discourse the great man of state tumbling on a beautiful hollow phrase falls over it and undone with gaping mouth shows his teeth and the dental decay of his peaceful reasoning exposes the nerve of war the delicate question of money
But nothing here is as appropriately arch as "a heavenly trail/of salubrious saliva"!
Ooooh! Bitterly lovely. Puts me in mind of Prévert:
ReplyDeleteThe Discourse on Peace
Near the end of an extremely important discourse
the great man of state
tumbling on a beautiful hollow phrase
falls over it
and undone with gaping mouth
shows his teeth
and the dental decay of his peaceful reasoning
exposes the nerve of war
the delicate question of money
But nothing here is as appropriately arch as "a heavenly trail/of salubrious saliva"!
salubrious - almost as good a word as lugubrious.
ReplyDeleteJoe,
ReplyDeleteYour comments and the reference to Prévert most welcome, as I had forgotten about him; thanks!
Kass,
Believe it or not, at one point I did think of using "lugubrious" but opted for "salubrious"--not only for its meaning but for its sound.