this stems from a long story involving someone called me a mollydooker, then me finding out i was actually left-handed but was forced to be right-handed as a child, so i wrote a poem about the derivatives of the word 'molly'
I
In bubblegum culture,
The discernible times
Geronition of Mary,
Name given to 1 in 1818
Even rarer as a family vanguard
Harlotry feature of the seventeenth centesimal
Marked with the characteristics of low living
Good golly Miss Molly!
The next century's chapped queer
Whorehouse of indignation,
Mollyhouse.
Popular aquaria species,
Tropical osteichthyes
Hardy and attractive
Mollienisia shorthand,
Comte Francois' namesake
Mollien of a creature, French statesman
Brightly coloured live-bearers
Glaucous grey Poecilia,
Five to thirteen centimetres continuing,
Sailfin mollies
Bred for the rectangular glass boxes
Capturing the sea
Brand of expansion bolt,
Fissured and split,
Sleevelike sheath threaded at an aperture,
Inserted snugly into masonry
As the turning of the metal pin draws the limits together,
Spreading the sides
Mallee, tree of the earth,
Garland maker,
Member of the caste furnishing gardeners,
The mali with his dali
II
Soften like butter
That doesn't melt in the mouth
Appease and make haste
So as to not go too far,
Pacify and satisfy,
Make concessions to aggressors
Wrench out of the surroundings
Into the eye of the storm,
Calming down the overhype
Suffusing the anguish,
Lessening the anger,
Mollified stupor of treason
III
Large pelagic petrels and fulmars,
Fulmarus glacialis
North Atlantic rush of feathers
Aestrelata soaring highly,
Dodging the missiles of the Southern Ocean
Mollemoke,
Instinctive and powerful,
Doing the best to keep the air current moving
Outmanoeuvring the obstacles of yonder
Dodging the predatory bullets
to reign supreme
IV
Pure and indivisible
Smash it into atoms
Compound it into more
Come in pairs, or singles
Quartets and octets are quite rare
Shapeable, yet immovable all at once
Smallest part of a substance
With fundamentals of the original
No lost chemical identity
All protrusions intact
Essential to learning
The building blocks of substance
V
Indian culinary delight,
Monsoon of rice and spices
Corruption of Malay.
Used in the Madras Presidency
To scare away scavengers
Knock the coconuts off the tree
Ingredients take precedence.
Imitations failing the benchmark
Not coming up to scratch
Closely allied to the mali
Tamil Tiger rebellion
Southern India parallel
Moley kind of experience.
VI
Magicians conjuring condiments
Elliott's secret formula
Fabulous bulb of occult and power
Black root tapping deep into the nether-depths
Bleached blossoms innocently stretching
Contrasts of hue and of atmosphere
Why the gift from Hermes
To Odysseus or Ulysses or both?
Sorcery of Circe,
Requiring counteraction
Warding off the enemies of possibility
Allium Moly
Bulb of cloved seasoning
Large yellow calyx, Corolla zooming on
Type of herb to kickstart the explanation
Golden garlic of the field
VII
Mo of the transitional d-block
Grouping of six in the period of five
Scheele hit the jackpot in 1778
But Hjelm isolated the find
Silvery-white, hard and metallic
Sextet of oxidation.
Refractory element
Used in alloys, electrodes, catalysts
Steel, cast iron, superalloys, lubricants and pigments
Confused with graphite and lead ore
As foil, sheet, wire, insulated wire, mesh
Rod, power, nanosized activated power and tube
High melting point
Electrically heated glass furnaces
Electrical filaments
Versatility: industrial technology
Good under high stress,
expanded temperature ranges,
Highly corrosive environments
Missile and aircraft parts
Nuclear power industry
Catalyst in petrol refining
Enhanced hardening ability and strength,
Toughness, wear and corrosion resistance
Molybdenite, wulfenite, powellite
By-product of mining and processing
Tungsten and copper
Molybdicoxide, ferromolybdenum
Essential for plant foliage and health
Essential nutrient for animals and super-animals
Component of enzymes
Sulfite oxidase, xanthine oxidase, aldehyde oxidase
Common "molybdenum cofactor"
Provoking the turn of the screw
VIII
Pamper, overprotect
Cook gently in water just below boiling-point
Overprotective and indulgent toward
Why are you a milksop, man?
Used to being coddled
Pampered creature, afraid
the winds of heaven should visit you too roughly
A Molly, though male
Not a Valetudinarian
Ever fearing lest he should be so
You might just become one.
Parboil caudle, drink of
thin gruel mixed with sweetened and spiced wine or ale
Given chiefly to sick people
Be careful you don't suffocate, effeminate one
IX
Put up your dukes, woman,
And get me some cake while you're at it.
Duke it out in nineteenth century London
Fork into the Duke of York, without the end
Over-complex evolution
Fingers like a pair of tweezers
To slip something out of a person's pocket
Without them knowing about it.
Romany derivative,
Language of the gypsies
Dukker: tell fortunes,
Palmistry magic
Lefthanded, allowing the devil to rule
Queer in at least one respect
X
He's a regular Molly
Don't interfere with women's work, big boy
Brought up as something we're not
To avoid distinction later on.
Swap hands, left to right and vice versa
Ambidexterous
A reflective tide
Poetry by Caila Ihle
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Molly
How is it possible to be something you're not?I
In bubblegum culture,
The discernible times
Geronition of Mary,
Name given to 1 in 1818
Even rarer as a family vanguard
Harlotry feature of the seventeenth centesimal
Marked with the characteristics of low living
Good golly Miss Molly!
The next century's chapped queer
Whorehouse of indignation,
Mollyhouse.
Popular aquaria species,
Tropical osteichthyes
Hardy and attractive
Mollienisia shorthand,
Comte Francois' namesake
Mollien of a creature, French statesman
Brightly coloured live-bearers
Glaucous grey Poecilia,
Five to thirteen centimetres continuing,
Sailfin mollies
Bred for the rectangular glass boxes
Capturing the sea
Brand of expansion bolt,
Fissured and split,
Sleevelike sheath threaded at an aperture,
Inserted snugly into masonry
As the turning of the metal pin draws the limits together,
Spreading the sides
Mallee, tree of the earth,
Garland maker,
Member of the caste furnishing gardeners,
The mali with his dali
II
Soften like butter
That doesn't melt in the mouth
Appease and make haste
So as to not go too far,
Pacify and satisfy,
Make concessions to aggressors
Wrench out of the surroundings
Into the eye of the storm,
Calming down the overhype
Suffusing the anguish,
Lessening the anger,
Mollified stupor of treason
III
Large pelagic petrels and fulmars,
Fulmarus glacialis
North Atlantic rush of feathers
Aestrelata soaring highly,
Dodging the missiles of the Southern Ocean
Mollemoke,
Instinctive and powerful,
Doing the best to keep the air current moving
Outmanoeuvring the obstacles of yonder
Dodging the predatory bullets
to reign supreme
IV
Pure and indivisible
Smash it into atoms
Compound it into more
Come in pairs, or singles
Quartets and octets are quite rare
Shapeable, yet immovable all at once
Smallest part of a substance
With fundamentals of the original
No lost chemical identity
All protrusions intact
Essential to learning
The building blocks of substance
V
Indian culinary delight,
Monsoon of rice and spices
Corruption of Malay.
Used in the Madras Presidency
To scare away scavengers
Knock the coconuts off the tree
Ingredients take precedence.
Imitations failing the benchmark
Not coming up to scratch
Closely allied to the mali
Tamil Tiger rebellion
Southern India parallel
Moley kind of experience.
VI
Magicians conjuring condiments
Elliott's secret formula
Fabulous bulb of occult and power
Black root tapping deep into the nether-depths
Bleached blossoms innocently stretching
Contrasts of hue and of atmosphere
Why the gift from Hermes
To Odysseus or Ulysses or both?
Sorcery of Circe,
Requiring counteraction
Warding off the enemies of possibility
Allium Moly
Bulb of cloved seasoning
Large yellow calyx, Corolla zooming on
Type of herb to kickstart the explanation
Golden garlic of the field
VII
Mo of the transitional d-block
Grouping of six in the period of five
Scheele hit the jackpot in 1778
But Hjelm isolated the find
Silvery-white, hard and metallic
Sextet of oxidation.
Refractory element
Used in alloys, electrodes, catalysts
Steel, cast iron, superalloys, lubricants and pigments
Confused with graphite and lead ore
As foil, sheet, wire, insulated wire, mesh
Rod, power, nanosized activated power and tube
High melting point
Electrically heated glass furnaces
Electrical filaments
Versatility: industrial technology
Good under high stress,
expanded temperature ranges,
Highly corrosive environments
Missile and aircraft parts
Nuclear power industry
Catalyst in petrol refining
Enhanced hardening ability and strength,
Toughness, wear and corrosion resistance
Molybdenite, wulfenite, powellite
By-product of mining and processing
Tungsten and copper
Molybdicoxide, ferromolybdenum
Essential for plant foliage and health
Essential nutrient for animals and super-animals
Component of enzymes
Sulfite oxidase, xanthine oxidase, aldehyde oxidase
Common "molybdenum cofactor"
Provoking the turn of the screw
VIII
Pamper, overprotect
Cook gently in water just below boiling-point
Overprotective and indulgent toward
Why are you a milksop, man?
Used to being coddled
Pampered creature, afraid
the winds of heaven should visit you too roughly
A Molly, though male
Not a Valetudinarian
Ever fearing lest he should be so
You might just become one.
Parboil caudle, drink of
thin gruel mixed with sweetened and spiced wine or ale
Given chiefly to sick people
Be careful you don't suffocate, effeminate one
IX
Put up your dukes, woman,
And get me some cake while you're at it.
Duke it out in nineteenth century London
Fork into the Duke of York, without the end
Over-complex evolution
Fingers like a pair of tweezers
To slip something out of a person's pocket
Without them knowing about it.
Romany derivative,
Language of the gypsies
Dukker: tell fortunes,
Palmistry magic
Lefthanded, allowing the devil to rule
Queer in at least one respect
X
He's a regular Molly
Don't interfere with women's work, big boy
Brought up as something we're not
To avoid distinction later on.
Swap hands, left to right and vice versa
Ambidexterous
A reflective tide
Poetry by Caila Ihle
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Written on 2006-08-12 at 01:09
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