Agnes by Tony Cochran for October 26, 2021

Agnes has the soul of a trailer park poet trapped somewhere between that big nose and her over-sized feet.

Then comes the painful childbirth of another trip to the principal’s office.

I’ve never been ensconced. At least I don’t think so…

Or ignore you, more likely.

Well there’s the pinwheel at least!

Stick with it, Aggie!

A broad vocabulary* allows you to express yourself much more precisely and more beautifully; it’s not your problem if some others are more limited, and you are under no obligation to dumb yourself down for them.

*I mean, of course, a broad vocabulary of real words, not trying to use nouns like “leverage” as verbs, or using made-up word salad like “proactive”. Those do the opposite of allowing precise expression, and they just scream “I’m so dumb I think the bigger the words, the smarter I sound; doesn’t matter if they don’t mean what I think they do – or anything, for that matter.”

I’m an eagle ensconced in the body of a sea slug.

The other way was still pretty good though…..

I too am ensconced in a womb of woe

Stick with it Agnes don’t allow others to direct how you express yourself.

I believe that the “womb of woe” is an absolute discovery!