for DoY 098

Who is us?

Us is ignorant and proud of it, defiant about it.  Oh, I didn't mean illiterate.  Us can read, but us don't.  Us scorn folks who use words of more than two syllables.  Who know what arugula is.  Who wear masks to prevent or at least slow the spread of an airborne pandemic.  Who like or even appreciate literature.  Us toss out technical terms when us speak, but us change the subject when someone asks us what those terms mean when us use them.  Us make fun of folks who do know and can speak with authority.  Don't misunderstand:  us sometimes show compassion, hospitality, and generosity, even if us don't admit to knowing those words, but us get nasty about folks who show expertise.  Us don't like getting called on our ignorance, but us cling passionately to it.