venereal & rapacious

Main Entry:
ve·ne·re·al
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English venerealle, from Latin venereus, from vener-, venus love, sexual desire
Date: 15th century
1: of or relating to sexual pleasure or indulgence2 a: resulting from or contracted during sexual intercourse b: of, relating to, or affected with venereal disease c: involving the genital organs — ve·ne·re·al·ly adverb

I never knew that the ven in venereal came from Venus. Venus is so nice and venereal is so not.

fine words to you coming from the scented butler:
you hear the train?
or is that the moist morning wind winding through tight bamboo?
you hear the peppercorns replicating?
and the mellow bassoon pontificating?
I hear it too


the scented butler, the doo wop celebrity
awaken and dramatically yawn
perfectly rested


can you hear the sublime, the sub lime, the sublingual lemongrass?
can you spake in the language of train whistle and purple cawing?
i think you can, bassoon think you can,
the most beautiful woman in the land rover thinks it too
she thinks it most but thinks it not with her thoughts
she thinks it with her fruit filled belly
and rapacious bosom



Main Entry:
ra·pa·cious
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
Latin rapac-, rapax, from rapere to seize — more at rapid
Date:
1651
1 : excessively grasping or covetous 2 : living on prey 3 : ravenous