Quadrille # 22 – scar
The Phrenologist
The charlatan claimed to
Be able to read the bumps
And dents on my scull
He massaged, prodded
Poked, stroked
Then told me I was kind,
stubborn
A little sensitive
What would he tell me
If he could read the scars
On my heart
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De has us scar(ffing) up words to fill a Quadrille over at d’Verse Poets Pub
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Ha! “Scar(ffing) up words” made me laugh, Candy. 🙂
I love the comparison of head bumps to heart scars. Wonderful.
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Thanks De. I had get some play on the word ‘scar’ in there for you somehow 😉
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If he was good at what he did, he might be able to read those scars on your heart. Nice quadrille.
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Oh I wonder if he could Braille anything from the bumps… but if you talk he might hear them echo.
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Incredible write!
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Brilliant, Candy! Half the world is charlatan – people who think they can read you when you keep everything hidden in your heart.
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I like the comparison of head and heart.
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I learned, way back in my undergraduate days, about the “art of phrenology.” Hadn’t thought about it in many many years. And I have two very wierd bumps on my head…under my very full head of hair. And I remember thinking in those days, well I wonder what a phrenologist would say about these???? Smiling I am…at your words and the memories they invoke. But yes…..there are far more real scars within us all than the bumps on our head. Well done! Unique take on the prompt.
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Maybe a different story ~ There are many things that people don’t know about us ~ I don’t trust those charlatans ~
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The scars on one’s heart can be much more telling than bumps on the head or even scars on the skin, if only we let others see them. Also, I love your “scar(ffing)” comment.
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Those last three lines really got me. Well done. 🙂
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An interesting, original response. I like the way you make the final idea into a question.
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Can anyone tell you anything about your heart that you don’t already know? Good poem.
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Thank you 🙂
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