You read my sadness
Word for word
Like I’m a novelty
Then put me down
Back in my place
Some oldtime tchotchke—
And I wonder how it feels,
Window shopping too?—
From the corner of my gladness
To the outskirts of your sadness
Where nothing is for certain
And no one is to blame
Except we don’t glimmer anymore
Or sparkle like we used to—
Ornamental at our best
Tokens from another life
Words Of An Average White Male 
You have beaten me here! What is “Tchotchke”?
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Hi Debra, a tchotchke: a small object that is decorative rather than strictly functional; a trinket.
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Hi David, thank you – what a lovely word! What is its derivation?
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I’ve always heard it around the house but here’s what the internet says — “Tchotchke comes from the Slavic word for trinket. Russian, Ukrainian, Polish and Belarusian each have their own very similar adaptations. It was later adopted into Yiddish slang as tshatshke, and has long been used by Jewish Americans.”
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Brilliant.
Love hidden sharpness of this one 👍🖤
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