by
Jaye B.
A carnival has just arrived in town. Here’s what they are pushing on the kids now. The chick on the right looks like certified jail bait:
The brunette on the left seems quite adept at tossing herself off in billboard fashion. I misread the graphic truck meme prior to taking the pic and thought it said: Ride Me if you Dare. It prompted a delving into the following etymology:
An ironic etymology indeed in the carnival abstention department.
Note the dragon in the background on the right, i.e., the one with the deadly glance:
And:
So definitely some twilight language strumpet mischief going on, seeing the truck was the first thing I encountered this morning other than a cottontail rabbit.
Here is more from my beloved Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable:
We are all feasting Barmecide wise these days in the meta-verse.
Enough for now. The library is the only refuge I have and I’m grateful for it indeed.
Best,
Jaye B.
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Jaye B. is a writer, musician and artist. His art criticism has appeared in Art Paper, New North Artscape, Art Muscle, Northfield Magazine and elsewhere. His articles have also appeared in City Pages, Twin Cities Reader, Mysteries Magazine, Fahrenheit San Diego, High Plains Reader, New Dawn and Rain Taxi. He has appeared on BBC Radio, WGN Chicago, WLW Cincinnati and elsewhere in the mediasphere to discuss his work. Please help support Reset News @ Paypal, Cash App , Ko-fi or contact the author for other options @ jayeb444@protonmail.com
Lots of X's showing up nowadays as we get closer to the Xclipse!
X is 24th letter of the alphabet. 2+4=6 and there’s three on this ad.