Jordan Davis
GUESS
YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS ONE
NEW WORDS 1939-1945
GUESS YOUR WAY OUT OF
THIS ONE
The plow sits by the side of the access road.
In point of fact, though, it isnŐt sitting,
itŐs tipped on end
And if we really want to get specific itŐs a
tiller.
Now up at the top of the hill
The art museum is closed for renovations.
That doesnŐt stop a whole flock of visitors
From landing in among the spider webs
In the lattice of windows facing the sea.
Birds, right?
Hours later, you wake nestled in a haystack
With a still-warm revolver in your hand.
It is just like a movie, a not-very good one
Someone gave you a lot of money
To make sure would stay that way. Damn if
youŐre going
To do something interesting in that case,
Such as break into the museum for love of the
work,
Or turn yourself in to the authorities edging
into the frame.
You will, however, pause to spit on the plow,
Only then noticing that you are bleeding to
death
And do not have much time to clear your name.
Your name is ___________________. (25 points)
abstractionism
ack ack
activate
ad lib
air condition
angledozer
aspect ratio
autarky
automatism
baloney
barbiturate
Bauhaus
bazooka
beano
belay
bibliography
bingo
biological warfare
bitewing
blackout
blitzkrieg
blood bank
bobby pin
boondoggle
boysenberry
Brown Shirt
bulldozer
bunker
calypso
chain reaction
collage
commando
concentration camp
conga
constructivism
corny
coronary thrombosis
counterintelligence
dead pan
decontaminate
degauss
de Stijl
diorama
disqualify
documentary
double talk
electronics
escapism
evacuee
evolutionary
exhibitionism
existentialism
eye rhyme
facsimile (fax)
fascism
feather cut
feminize
Fiberglas
fink
firepower
floor show
fluorescent
foxhole
frequency modulation
gaffe
Geiger counter
gin rummy
goon
green light (v)
half-track
hammer and sickle
hasenpfeffer
heartland
hypertension
jalopy
jam session
jeep
Jehovah's witnesses
jitterbug
kamikaze
kibitz
kickback
lobotomy
masculinize
means test
Melba toast
meld
Mickey Finn
microfilm
mocha
mockup
montage
mooch
motel
motorcade
mufti
napthaleneacetic acid
nickelodeon
nisei
nitrogen cycle
nylon
occupational therapy
oligopoly
Pakistan
palomino
panel discussion
pantywaist
parapsychology
pastrami
penicillin
phonemics
photo finish
pinball
pin-up
planetarium
plutonium
polio
polystyrene
porkpie hat
prefabricate
pressure group
pressurize
preview
progesterone
public domain
public relations
punch drunk
quickie
racism
radar
r-colored
the real McCoy
reefer
relocation
retread
rhumba
riboflavin
roman fleuve
Rorschach test
sabotage
sadism
Sanforized
schlemiel
scorched earth
screwball
Securities and Exchange Commission
Selective Service System
semantics
Shangri-La
sharecropper
shellacking
silicone
skivvies
smorgasbord
snafu
soap opera
social credit
socialize
Social Security Act
softball
sortie
sprung rhythm
SS
Stakhanovism
Sten gun
stereophonic
steroid
streamlined
strikebreaking
striptease
submachine gun
sukiyaki
sulfanilamide
supernova
supersonic
swastika
task force
taxi dancer
Tennessee Valley Authority
testosterone
test pilot
think piece
tommy gun
tonkin
touch football
trace element
tutu
United Nations
unreconstructed
upchuck
vernacular
Volkswagen
WAC
wacky
walkie-talkie
war of nerves
Weimar republic
whodunit
wishful thinking
witch hunt
Works Progress Administration
zoot suit