Two Words Today

Today, two words come to mind,

two words in the vast universe of

vocabulary, I find. In my lifetime

I have heard these used now and

again. But as recollection has it,

I have neither written nor spoken

them myself. So, as my father used

to say—there is always first time for

everything. In my graying days, I

would add an addendum to that

which dear old dad (now deceased)

frequently professed to me. Birth

and death, the acts, mind you, not

the words—a first and a last—come

only once in a lifetime. And were

he alive today, he surely must agree.

I have used the words birth and death

often in my time. And I must say,

those are not the words which come

to mind this day, not the two of which

I shall now speak. Machination and

ostensibly are the culprits which have

infiltrated my thinking today. So it is

herein I have decided to reveal to you

this sublime machination of mine. The

question may then arise, should I proceed

with a recitation such as this in the future?

Ostensibly it makes sense, perhaps. But

then again, probably not.

Chris Hanch 5-12-18