Innocent Amusement: a #Quadrille – #Haibun

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He would play with me for hours. Stretch me into all kind of shapes.

Twist and turn me one way, then another.

When he was done, he’d mold me two-handed,

and pour me back into my egg.

silly putty

so many years since

childhood

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40 responses to “Innocent Amusement: a #Quadrille – #Haibun”

  1. lillian Avatar

    Ah yes……and I used to flatten it out and put it on comic books and press and voila! The comic book print was on the silly putty! But then, do that enough times, and it all turned black and I had the newsprint all over my hands! 😦

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      I never thought to use it as a press. Thanks, lillian! 🙂

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  2. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) Avatar

    I have never heard of silly putty before… but I do remember playing with putty and that was a lot of fun (until all the colors came together as one brown strange lump)

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      LOL! I remember that happening to me, too! Thanks, Bjorn! 🙂

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  3. msjadeli Avatar

    A simple silly pleasure from childhood remembered so well. Good one, Frank.

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      Thanks, Jade! Silly putty and play dough were two of my childhood go-tos! 🙂

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  4. kim881 Avatar

    I have never seen silly putty in an egg! Love the haibun from the point of view of the silly putty, Frank!

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      Thanks, Kim! I used to love that stuff when I was a kid! 🙂

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  5. merrildsmith Avatar

    This made me smile, Frank! 😀

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      Thank you, Merril! 🙂

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  6. Frank Hubeny Avatar

    I remember doing that as a child.

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      It was fun, right? Thanks, Frank! 🙂

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  7. Glenn A. Buttkus Avatar
    Glenn A. Buttkus

    Bang on, brother. I haven’t thought about “silly putty” for decades. It’s still popular today; many of my grandchildren use tortillas to become silly putty. Hey, remember the “Slinky”?

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      Ah, the “Slinky!” I could never get it to go down those stairs as well as they did in the commericals. LOL!

      Thanks, Glenn! 🙂

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  8. memadtwo Avatar

    Now that’s worth several smiles. (K)

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  9. gillena cox Avatar
    gillena cox

    Bravo, luv it
    Happy Monday Frank

    Much💛🌺💛love

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  10. Candace Avatar

    What a great ‘silly’ memory

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  11. Mary (tqhousecat) Avatar

    I loved silly putty! Thank you for the memory!

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      Thank you! 🙂

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  12. revivedwriter Avatar

    I wrote about silly putty, too! Mine is much different from yours, though.

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      Great minds think alike, right? When I saw that the word was “silly,” I couldn’t resist.

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  13. Myrna Avatar

    I love this. My grandkids like it when I give them silly putty though they have all kinds of sophisticated toys.

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      Sometimes the simplest is the best. When our son was a toddler, he’d care more about the cardboard box that held the toy than the toy itself! LOL

      Thanks! 🙂

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  14. lynn__ Avatar

    Oh yes, I remember silly putty FUN!!

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  15. D. Avery @shiftnshake Avatar

    That egg was great packaging. And made for a great closing line of your prose!

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  16. rothpoetry Avatar

    So much interesting fun to play with… did you ever press it on comic strips in the newspaper and pull off the ink impression? Great poem and haiku!

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      Thanks, Dwight! No, I never used it as a press, although I think that lillian said she did.

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      1. rothpoetry Avatar

        My boys like to press it on the newspaper and then when it picked up the ink imprint they would stretch it into funny shapes!

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  17. Sascha Darlington Avatar

    Loved this stuff. You brought it back to me! Do they still make it?

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      They do! Crayola bought them out. Amazon sells it (of course), and I’m sure it’s available wherever toys are sold.

      Thanks! 🙂

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  18. sarahsouthwest Avatar

    I’d love to fiddle with some right now! I love your unexpected perspective in this. i wasn’t sure what was going on at first.

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      Happy to suprise. When I heard the word was “silly,” the Puddy came to mind. Then I thought, “Why not another persona piece?”

      Thanks, Sarah! 🙂

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  19. Stine Writing Avatar

    Did you ever press it on the comic pages of the newspaper and it would pick up the image like magic!

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    1. Frank J. Tassone Avatar

      You’re the third person to mention this! 🙂 I didn’t, but it sounds like magic! Thanks! 🙂

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      1. Stine Writing Avatar

        Well now they sell smelly silly putty so you can copy the comics and have it smell like bananas!

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  20. Truedessa Avatar

    haha – I think you could lift cartoons on that putty.

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  21. L. Stevens Avatar
    L. Stevens

    Silly putty! I loved the perspective.

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