Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Far-fetched

Have you ever had this experience? You say a common word or phrase, and suddenly it seems foreign and strange. You repeat it several times; it makes absolutely no sense.

This happened to me yesterday with far-fetched. Far-fetched; fetched from afar, like a crate of spices from Madagascar. Or pearls from the Great Barrier Reef. Or some rogue ganglion plucked from the highways of my bone-hinged mind.

Far-fetched
That you love me.
That I found socks that match.
That ants communicate with their mandibles.
That cows do not rebel against the system.
Fjords.
Bunjee-jumping.
That eggs and flour and sugar make cake.
Lupines.
Hopping on one foot. For fun.
Animated porn.
Parthenogenesis.
The luge.
Jogging.
Roman purge pits.
Honey.
Spongebob Squarepants in German.

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