Tintinnabulation

Lately I’ve been thinking I should wear Court Jester Bells, so that people have advanced warning of my approach.

Native Americans wear Bells, particularly when dancing in Pow Wow, to summon Spirits and the Ancestors

Most domestic cats wear Bells, as a warning to birds and bunnies of impending doom

In the Netherlands cattle wear large decorative Bells hung on thick leather collars to aid in locating wandering bovine

Norwegian Bell choirs ring out harmonious melodies

Rein Deer wear sleigh Bells dragging carriages across the snow-covered tundra

Bells on the counter of any hotel lobby, to summon the clerk, concierge or Bell Hop

A parlor Bell, used to call for the butler

The Bell at the end of the bar, celebrating tips

Ships Bells, to call sailor to attention

Trader Joes Bell, which befuddles me, inappropriate misappropriation, and tacky

Belfries, towers and steeples, filled with Bells of various timbers, used to summon and to warn

Submissive’s who wear collars with Bells, reminiscent of the feline variety

Salvation Army Santa’s ringing Bells, calling out for aid to the poor

Bell shaped curves collecting data

Diving Bells collecting oxygen

The Liberty Bell, the crack between Leviticus and Freedom

A Bell Tree at the back of the orchestra, or in front of the marching band

Burners wearing Bells on the Playa, celebrating god knows what

Warning Bells, atop an old-timey round alarm clock with an external clapper between to bows clanging away on the nightstand at 6 a.m. Mine was pink

Hells Bells, and all that comes with it

For whom the Bell toles

She really rang his Bells

She wore Bell bottom jeans with Bells in her hair

A Southern Bell

And the Bell of the ball

All seductresses listening for Wedding Bells

Door Bell rings, ding dong Avon calling

Me with my Court Jester Bells, star shaped hat, cane and a harlequin Soul, earned by way of a checkered past

Now aint’ that some Bell Shit

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