The lingering polyhedron

The word for the day is dodec-

ahedron. Why?  Why not?  It

sounds good, is reminiscent of

the age of the dinosaurs. A text-

book might easily now say “The

dodecahedron was twelve times

the size of T.Rex. Might have been

known as D.Rex, but preferred

the politics of the backroom, of

being the unseen power behind

the throne.  Managed to miss the

meteor shower.  Is still around.”

prudent, expedient, proper

Aristotle found another way to use

alternatives. Said it depended on

the audience, & how one modeled

a choice point in a context hierarchy.

Also added there may not necessarily 

be a single right answer to be found.

Developmental Synthesis

This surgeon friend of the family 

operates out of & in the local gas station

is known to prefer a rusty telescope 

over a scalpel when performing 

such procedures as critical heart 

bypasses or tedious tonsillectomies.

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It is as if I am walking underwater, or, rather, not walking, since the tide I am pushing against is not strong enough to drive me back but too strong to allow me to progress. My lungs ache, my head beats, my heart does nothing — the other two appurtenances have subsumed its activities. I am swathed in water. They are lining up terracotta poems in channels on both sides of me.

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Sound travels at. So the

        plane is almost

level with you before

the engines are heard.

        What else travels

like that? Only death.