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the la-la land express, otherwise known as...
A Potpourri of Poetic Curiosities
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The train you don't want to ride
by CD Richards
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Look out for the jingle-boy lies,
for trickle-down offers no prize.
There's nothing but pain
on their gravy train;
don't board it — a word to the wise.
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Author Notes
Today's word: jingle-boy (n.) a rich man.
Image: Monopoly Man, by Ben Gilman. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nuclearsummer/4134896867
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My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.
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