Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Gruntle.

It is morning almost one
I reach out for it
fingers fumbling 
first in a satsuma of haiku
then in my glass of false tooth
my gruntle is gone.

It was there last night
I remember distinctly
smiling fondly at a childhood memory
before removing it
and dousing my thoughts
with the light.

I search the world but 
everything I find
convinces me that
I'm disgruntled.



 
 
 

gruntle. v. 1938, in gruntled "pleased, satisfied," a back-formation from disgruntled. The original verb (early 15c.) meant "to utter a little or low grunt."

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