Paul Violi
Rifacimento
cinema—an Asian girl with an African name
torpor—the fate of mastodons
bandito—a minor bandage
scoundrel—a French goblet for special occasions
Monotony—when capitalized, an extinct South Seas god
plenitude—where albatross prefer to land
Anglo-Saxon—a frenetic dance of the Twenties
endow—to retrieve an ear
sponsor—a musical insecticide
tin—an epicene curse
Betty—at 3 o'clock, an unfriendly aircraft
metaphors—I use them. They keep me regular.
Peloponnesian—being licked by an azure tongue
Rasputin—Oh, I was just rasputing around, trimming the Peenemunde.
Cro-Magnon—You dial your own number; you get a busy signal.
anaconda—dry thunder
vehemence—paper that butchers use for wrapping veal
sociable—looking at a battleship through a keyhole
Transvaal—running up a flight of stairs with an erection
cotillion—running down a flight of stairs with an erection
Paul Violi, Selected Poems 1970-2007, Rebel Arts, 2014.