May You Float To A Happy Place Corsetless Too #dVerse

Remedios the Beauty,
die hard Márquez fan
if corsets made ladies,
neither one's convinced

save those ladies publicly
and privately, save them more 
begone erroneous constructs 
grant them time for nibbles

Remedios the Beauty
fond of her cassocks,
nibbling naked-fiend
corsetless
floats to heaven
***

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Hey, Mish, and all at dVerse, so glad quadrille prompts run long. Thanks so much. Use “Nibble” in a Quadrille? Got it. I hope you like these 44 words I chose to nibble
away at those restricting thoughts that might hold you back.

I started working on this little ditty that I extracted after revising a section from
Gabriel García Márquez’s novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude. If you read the book,
you’ll recall how “Remedios the Beauty” is how she was referred to in the novel.

Márquez made Remedios the Beauty a calm character in the novel. She was not interested in the formalities of her culture, was indifferent to malice, and content in the realities she created for herself. In the middle of the novel, she ups and floats to heaven. Weird, very weird, I still think. But hey, Márquez could do no wrong by me.

Thanks so much for reading.
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This Post Has 11 Comments

writingpresence February 11, 2022 Reply

t\hank you for this free floating Remedios during my hum-drum-stick day Selma, Reminding me that soon I want to get back to quadrilling – and trilling like a cheeky Wren, who won the altitude race by clawing a lift on the Eagle’s back…
1. Selma Martin February 12, 2022 Reply
  
  Hey, writing presence. The pleasure you got from this is mine multiplied. Glad Something I did could give you something to carry you forward. And a reminder too.
  Quadrilling IS fun.
  A cheeky wren 😂 funny how animals do that (metaphorically or otherwise) the rat did the same for the Great Race too. It’s the rat that starts the 12-year cycle in the Chinese Zodiac. 😆
  Be well. Looking forward to reading your quadrilles and other. Thanks for commenting. I bless you.
Manja Maksimovič February 11, 2022 Reply

Ahh, I concur, he could do no wrong. I line him next to Milan Kundera, Kurt Vonnegut and Tom Robbins as those whose books I Had To Buy. This novel I read and reread and could read again right now. Just love. When I studied for my Syntax exam during my English university studies, I grabbed One Hundred Years and practiced sentence analyses with his long-winding sentences. Good practice. I endorse the stance in your poem. Freedom!
1. Selma Martin February 12, 2022 Reply
  
  My sweet friend. Gracias for concurring with me. I appreciate you.
  Kundera’s Lightness of Being, yes! That I read. Of the others, gosh, you’re way ahead of me in what you studied. Bravo!
  Thanks for reading. Loving. And commenting. I appreciate you. Stay warm. xoxo
rajkkhoja February 11, 2022 Reply

Beautiful!
1. Selma Martin February 12, 2022 Reply
  
  Thanks, Raj
Nope, Not Pam February 12, 2022 Reply

I love the whimsy, it made me smile
1. Selma Martin February 12, 2022 Reply
  
  Love to be able to gift you a smile. Looks good on you. Keep it 😉 on… bless you.
Jane Aguiar February 18, 2022 Reply

Great use of the word ‘nibble’. I like your quadrille, dear 🤗💞
1. Selma Martin February 18, 2022 Reply
  
  Oooh, lovely words. Thanks for telling me. xoxo
  1. Jane Aguiar February 18, 2022 Reply
    
    You are welcome, dear Selma!❤️