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Thanks Barry. I'm not sure if 'nacre' isnt something of a lucky accident, but yes, it hopes to work as against the other 'n' words of explosives that could be there... Doug On 2011-06-01, at 12:21 PM, Barry Alpert wrote: > Doug, > > I admire the way in which the diction so often contradicts itself (even while internally rhyming) to yield the dominant image of a chaotic onslaught. Looking up the definition of nacre and being surprised by mother of pearl summed up for me the terribly ironic progression. > > Barry Douglas Barbour [log in to unmask] http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ http://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ Latest books: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 Wednesdays' http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html Transforming once reasonable human beings into gullible idiots is one of the biggest businesses we have. Charles Simic