the unspoken language
a kiss has a million nuances
a touch is like a Russian novel
a whisper like a sonnet
and I cannot parse
the entirety of it
not were I a lexicographer
with a million billion notecards
scribbling down as data
every inferred word
for their definitions shift
as I try to pin them to paper
a lonely lepidopterist of longing
I had to look this one up: lep·i·dop·ter·ist
ReplyDeleteˌlepəˈdäpt(ə)rəst/
noun
noun: lepidopterist; plural noun: lepidopterists
a person who studies or collects butterflies and moths.
I love how many new words I learn from you :)
I love words like that. A lot of the ologist, opterists, ophile type words are great, I love a good suffix.
ReplyDeleteWell really, the suffixes are they ists and the phile...also, fun fact, "pter" means winged, and is the same root as found in helicopter.
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