slicing it thick

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

I like to taste moments
in thick slices, like Vermont cheddar sliced too wide
for delicacy but great for grilling
this afternoon of careless shopping;
buying calendars on 01/12, half-off
though the year is not 2 weeks old
and instead of the word-a-day desk calendar I wanted
I find a daily Latin phrase one and offer the first
12 days I can tear off to my daughter,
laughing because I have given away
days already spent: up to amicus curiae
and will begin with ad captandum vulgus
tomorrow, which is a phrase I just learned to pronounce
and a skill I never owned.

About Susan L Daniels

I am a firm believer that politics are personal, that faith is expressed through action, and that life is something that must be loved and lived authentically--or why bother with any of it?
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16 Responses to slicing it thick

  1. Polly Robinson says:
    January 13, 2013 at 5:08 pm

    heh-heh ~ Latin ~ gosh! there’s posh 😉

  2. merlinspielen says:
    January 13, 2013 at 6:26 pm

    With the purchase did you learn caveat emptor? 🙂
    Mmm cheddar sounds delightful right about now

  3. readinpleasure says:
    January 13, 2013 at 6:55 pm

    You do have a way with words, and now Latin 🙂

  4. unfetteredbs says:
    January 13, 2013 at 7:22 pm

    you had me at cheese! Everything is better with vermont cheddar. See how simple we are? I loved this delightful poem Susan–BUT you gave me shivers and flashbacks to catholic h.s. and mandatory three years of Latin. Why why why

  5. ruleofstupid says:
    January 13, 2013 at 7:37 pm

    647 people disagree 🙂
    Anyway, bugger the crowd – furore scribendi!

  6. BroadBlogs says:
    January 14, 2013 at 12:14 pm

    I love your poetry on anything that makes me feel like I’m experiencing New England.

  7. nelle says:
    January 14, 2013 at 8:28 pm

    My youngun can manage the language, me, a couple of legal terms, the vowel order of which I must check before using. 😉

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