Aug 26, 2010 16:47
Sue's slow and rich Southern Drawl rolled from smiling lips like molasses in October
molasses- [noun]
thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining
Now the mental picture of someone randomly drooling 'dark, thick syrup', like Jennifer in 'Jennifer's body' is stuck in my mind.
[edited to fix some faily grammar]
doesn't mean what you think it means,
purple prose