Fatuous Flattery
I knew him as a rowdy member of our town constabulary,
noted for his bumbling but not lauded for vocabulary.
So when he whispered “pulchritudinous” with raspy voice
though he could have just said, “beautiful,” I wondered at his choice.
He could have called me riveting or gorgeous or just cute.
All those other adjectives I never would refute.
But when a noted doofus picks his words from a thesaurus,
I fear it has no other kinder effect than to jar us.
The fact that he would woo me being nothing but absurd,
nonetheless he might have won me if he’d used a different word!
Words of the day are pulchritudinous, raspy, rowdy and riveting.
photo by Jordan on Unsplash. Used with permission.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
🤣 That was great! Now what the heck can I use that word??!!
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I suggest you never use it, lest someone write a silly poem about you!!!
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You’re probably right….😏
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Haha! *laughing all the way*
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🙂
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;o)
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No, he would NOT have won you. Not on a weighted bet!
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That’s true, I must admit. Poetic license again.
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You are a master of words, Judy
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Happens so often — he didn’t even need to be a cop!
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He did for the purposes of rhyme!!!
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