. . . sometimes I just start typing and topics rush in to fill the void. Not today, though. One of my facebook buddies (Troy simpson) said, "I feel as gay as a bagful of butterflies." and I am struck dumb with envy at the apt simile. What could be gayer than a big bagful of butterflies?
A handbag of rainbows? ;)
ReplyDeleteThat phrase is haunting me! I told him it was an image that disturbed me and now I find it everywhere I go! ha ha just joking. Though I have never thought about the sexuality of butterflies. Maybe in the more old-fashioned sense of 'gay', however, it is a sweet phrase :)
ReplyDeleteDarcelle's?
ReplyDeleteWhy would a bag of butterflies be gay? Wouldn't it be beautiful?
ReplyDeleteA bagful of butterflies would be sad as they should not be contained, but rather set free!!!
ReplyDeleteJust following threads and saw your pic with the leaf. Had to read some. It was good to hear casts are more porous. I will probably be in one for a long time soon. I never know if I should envy you authors or not. I'm not a good deadline person. You sure seem to have an amazing attitude. Have been a little too stupid to write lately. I can tell because I have to edit five pages about thirty times. Pain killers and anti-seizure meds will do that. I still attempt it as I have nothing to do. Enjoyed your blog. Not crazy about bags of butterflies, but seems to suit your personality at least the one perceived by me. Dan
ReplyDeleteAs a possibly salutory antidote to Similes Gone Wild, may I suggest the best poem I have encountered in months, "I Would Like To Describe" by Zbigniew Herbert. I sent it to Roxie - but it is easily found on any internet poetry site. Actually the Oregonian printed it some months ago. It is on my bulletin board, and I read it everyday. It's that good.
ReplyDeleteOn more or less that same topic of "block that metaphor (or simile)" there is, of course, William Carlos Williams' famous red wheelbarrow...
ReplyDeleteA trunk full of shiny red shoes;-)
ReplyDeleteHeard a phrase yesterday that made me think of you and how much you'd enjoy it: "She's always so dammned chipper, I bet she farts rainbows and belches butterflies." Isn't that just too funny?!
ReplyDelete