Nonsense Books · Character
The Cummerbund
An Indian lady's lost cummerbund becomes the unlikely hero of a poem, a strip of cloth carrying the weight of an entire comic lament.
supporting
First appearance: the cummerbund
As a supporting figure in Nonsense Books, The Cummerbund is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The Cummerbund is the angry monster that pursues and swallows the Lady Fair.
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The cummerbund sits at the center of a poem about loss and recovery, a humble garment treated with the gravity of a missing treasure. Its owner's distress gives the piece its emotional engine, while the cummerbund…
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- Other
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- Miscellaneous nonsense characters
- Protagonist
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- Closing
Lady Jingly’s tearful confession that she already has a mate in England delivers the emotional peak of unfulfi…
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