{"id":2576,"date":"2014-09-11T21:32:25","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T04:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=2576"},"modified":"2025-09-25T16:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T23:50:10","slug":"b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=2576","title":{"rendered":"B among the Consonants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>O bulbous periwinkle,<br \/>\nsunk in sodden goldenrod sand,<br \/>\nyour valve sets me a-tingle.<br \/>\nLet me hold you in my hand.<\/p>\n<p>***<br \/>\n<em>First in a series of twenty-one. In homage to Arthur Rimbaud and his <\/em>Voyelles<em>, but\u00a0also to Binney &amp; Smith Company, the creators of Crayola wax crayons.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I think of them as love poems to the consonants, but with the proviso that each refer to at least one crayola colour.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The smell \u201cof Crayola crayons is one of the most recognizable scents for [U.S.] adults, ranking at number 18, trailing coffee and peanut butter that were number one and two respectively, but beating out cheese and bleach, which placed at 19 and 20.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/tumblr_nbo5ejD9Yz1rbqmj1o1_500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2577\" src=\"http:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/tumblr_nbo5ejD9Yz1rbqmj1o1_500.jpg\" alt=\"tumblr_nbo5ejD9Yz1rbqmj1o1_500\" width=\"500\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/tumblr_nbo5ejD9Yz1rbqmj1o1_500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/tumblr_nbo5ejD9Yz1rbqmj1o1_500-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_2576\"  data-site_id=\"56b78e2ba4c688a2131dca0b\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/?p=2576\"  data-item_title=\"B among the Consonants\"  data-item_date=\"2014-09-11T21:32:25-07:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/alteritas.net\/GXL\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O bulbous periwinkle, sunk in sodden goldenrod sand, your valve sets me a-tingle. 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