Thursday, October 27, 2011

molasses words

conundrum (noun)
1.
a riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play onwords, as What is black and white and read all over? A newspaper.
2.
anything that puzzles.

isn't that a great word?

when everything really feels all mixed up and shaky, like you'll never get out

and you say

"conundrum,"

it feels (almost) impossible not to smile at the fact that

yes

you just said that

and though it may have gotten stuck to your teeth on the way out of your mouth

it doesn't matter what's black or white or read all over

or black and blue and red all over

barely beating

because you've got enough air left in your lungs to laugh at the absurdity

of your present situation

it feels about the same when you say

"God"

maybe a little different, a little more solemn

but sometimes that doesn't roll off the tongue as easily as it should either

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