The Found Poetry Project

novelled18 Mar 2009 09:00 am

‘I’d like to
verb your

noun until
you verb.’

That
sort of thing.

__________

Written by Lawrence Block
The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian
Arbor House, 1983, page 70

Found by Thom Kilpatrick
Torrance, CA

Thom: “A woman euphemising the content of her love letters, which an ex-lover refuses to return.”

2 Responses to “Grammatical Euphemism”

  1. on 18 Mar 2009 at 11:30 am Sandra Leigh

    Isn’t it amazing how salacious words like “verb” can be made to sound?

  2. on 28 Mar 2009 at 10:41 am Faith

    I have a t-shirt that says “I’d verb her noun.” (=

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