Oblivious

 

On occasion a word comes to mind,

a word seldom used by me. And too,

may have come to you should the need

arise. That word today is, oblivious.

Got to thinking about who may have

first come up with and used that word,

oblivious—not aware of or not concerned

about what is happening around one?

I suppose not being aware is the more

common form of oblivious than knowing

but not giving a damn, but who can say?

Anyone can choose to claim being oblivious.

I can be totally unaware and say I was

completely oblivious, but to have chosen

to avoid making a decision to care or not

to care doesn’t make sense in properly

defining oblivious.

Having seen the accident happen rules out

the claim of your being oblivious in the

matter. I was oblivious to the man’s

intention, now that makes perfect sense.

Be all that as it may, I wonder about the

first person to come up with that word

and its definition? Who first allowed it

to be included in the dictionary? Was it

a man or woman who came up with

the word and its definition? I guess

you could say, I’m oblivious.

But in this case, the vernacular I would

choose to use would be, “Beats the living

crap out of me.” Vernacular, now there’s

a word.

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Chris Hanch 9-18-2023