[spotlight]
[Humanity enters stage Left]
Director yells: Give me...an adorable monster (vomit, fuzzy eyes and soft gums)
then show me a miraculous cruelty (nightmares, broken bones,
and a translucent ego)
a delicious plague (strawberry chapstick, bathroom stalls and insecurity)
a rotten beauty (crows feet, vast hips, and vodka dreams)
a filthy rainbow (cardboard boxes, broken garage door openers and cat litter)
a terrible courage (aching cavities, crisp linens and clipboards)
a blissful punishment (Tums, aching joints and sunburned knees)
a melodic tragedy (musty closets, mismatched socks, and old polariods)
a gorgeous devestation (doctors, bingo and forgetfulness).
End with a repulsive serenity (tremors, front porches and white light)
Humanity: Such is the nature of mortality.
[Humanity exits stage Right.]
I totally had help this week coming up with these wonderful oxymorons using the supercool tool found here. Thanks to NaPoWriMo for the suggestion~Also One Single Impression for the prompt of "Epidemic."
7 comments:
Ha - very well put. Life aka humanity
thanks for sharing with One Shot
Moonie
"show me a miraculous cruelty" I love this post! In particular, you use a few abstract terms like beauty, cruelty, etc... and yet the way your language prompts/directs the reader made it enjoyable to imagine. Humanity enters after egg and sperm have coffee. lol
Funny and profound!
Love all the words - especially egg and sperm meet over coffee!
Brilliant!
Anna :o]
You surely had fun with the oxymoron tool.
ha. this is firckin awesome...great one shot!
I like it--I'm not sure these words are such oxymorons after all, after the way you've used them. They seem to blend pretty well into a different and complimentary meaning. An interesting and creative piece.
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