What’s your favorite word?
I like the German word “Schadenfreude,” meaning to take joy in another’s misfortune.
I like the idea that a person can be so in touch with their dark side that they can express that bit of pettiness in a single word. So much of language is obfuscation and deceit. Southerners use four words (i.e. “God bless his soul”) to say a person is an idiot, and – even then – the meaning is masked.
Schadenfreude is authentic, and we need more authenticity in language.
early autumn morn:
fog forms over the river
‘cause the water ‘s “warm.”
a tree lies, fallen:
uprooted where others
stand straight & true.
a plain, green plant
crawls with bees-o-plenty:
despite no bright blooms.
aquatic plants grow
out to the swift waters,
forming a clean edge.
such light green leaves
for the end of summer:
doesn’t that tree know?
What personality trait in people raises a red flag with you?
When a “grown man” makes life / wellbeing decisions based on what others will think of him, one of the words in quotation marks is in question. So, I guess… conformity.
the river’s flow
doesn’t disturb the cloud’s
reflected drift.
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