JSF and poetry VAP

Xeroxes

Dirigible

Altimeter
Pessimistic

Philanthropist

Upended

Incongruous

Metamorphosis

Subtle

Disheveled

Shortwave

Trivets

Quarrelsome

Idle

Rouge

Placid

Negligently

Abeyance

Effuse

Emaciated

Penitentiary

Xeroxes

"All of those notepads, and Xeroxes, and printed e-mails, and photographs of kids, and books, and dollar bills in wallets, and documents in files… All of them were fuel" (325)


Bill did not like his boss.  Bill used the xerox machine to make some copies for his boss, describing how he felt about him.  Bill got fired

Dirigible

"The dirigible mooring mast, now the base of the TV tower, was part of the original construction of the building" (249).

The blimp was dirigible, it was capable of being easily steered and directed.

Altimeter

"My backpack was already packed, and I'd already gotten the other supplies together, like the altimeter and granola bars and swiss army knife I'd dug up in Central Park, so there was nothing else to do" (315).
a sensitive aneroid barometer that is graduated and calibrated, used chiefly in aircraft for finding distance above sea level, terrain, or someother reference point by a comparison of air pressures. (dictionary.com) 

The planes altimeter let the pilot know that he was flying at 6,500 feet in the air 

Pessimistic

"...I was exhausted and frustrated and pessimistic, even though what I wanted was to be happy" (287).

pessimistic (adj): tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen

Steve knew that today was going to be sunny, but Johnny was being pessimistic thinking that it was going to be cloudy.

Matt "Philanthropist"

"Philanthropist"
a person who seeks to promote the welfare of others, especially by the generous donation of money to good causes.

"i read the lists of the dead people in the paper: mother of three, college sophomore, yankees fan, lawyer, brother, bond trader, weekend magician, practical joker, sister, philanthropist... (273)".

Upended VAP by Julia Goldsmith
"a navy blimp was almost upended, and nearly swept away the celebrities attending the historic affair" (250).

 The artist upended her sculptures to create an illusion that the people were the ones standing upside down.