Verbing the Noun


from the ABC set Lovers, Liars and Just Good Friends.

One coffee-spooned afternoon,
she cupped a breast
and he saucered his tea,
-though their talk was topic-ed
quite quotidianly.
Someone 'phoned,
she tongued his ear
as he mouthed surprise
and eyed her thighs
lasciviously.

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Comments

Ewan | July 2, 2008 - 13:09

Thanks to Jen for the idea of 'saucering tea'

Dynamaso | July 3, 2008 - 02:09

I really liked this Ewan. The 'saucered his tea' reminds me of my father, who used to do this, much to the chagrin on my mother.

Doeslittle | July 3, 2008 - 17:00

I like this and the fact that it could be a euphemism. I may start using it.

Caldwell | July 4, 2008 - 10:20

Related euphemistically - http://www.walkingdead.net/perl/euphemism - it auto generates euphemisms. I found this one bizzarely amusing -

They found him naked in the alley behind the bar,
exercising the melting tadpole.