Waves and the sea
take away the sea
what is left?
At first it seems like a word game
the empty lie a politician tells
but no, we can make up a similar one
two people in a relationship
take away both people
what is left?
or another
a bow and arrow
take away the bow
what is left?
an arrow, the literal mind insists
but is an arrow without the bow?
we have so many things in language
that lose their thingness
when we try to touch them
we all know we are stressed
and become more so when some fool
challenges us to show a little stress
a bowlful would do
could we speak a language
whose words meant only
things we could demonstrate?
a language without gravity
for instance
or relationship
or waves without a medium
electromagnetic waves for instance
how would we verb?
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