Monday, April 30, 2012

Yeggman


yeggman (plural yeggmen)
Noun
  1. (cant, slang) a person who breaks open safes, a burglar : a yegg.

Synonyms

  
Though it is not found in the dictionary, yeggman is a legal scrabble word.

Yeggman

You have cracked me like an egg

(a single cell)
(the basis of life)

and separated yolk from white,
leaving me
unwhole
with scrambled dreams of we

 a little beating could coax me into
a meringue: whipped vapidity
caps and peaks
saccharin epitomized
or mayonnaise:  glob-ular spreadability
a chemical emulsion
fat suspended

garnishes

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