xkcd is an odd comic that regularly makes me feel good. This one is a perfect example.
Common Weal (11/6)
The crowd is the wing of a great bird
They are the undercarriage of an ox
The feathers surge and spread
Air wrapping around each rachis
There is lift - a hovering quiet
A moment paused
There is heavy wood on massive shoulders
Yet they carry the country on their backs
The crowd is a vast sprawling ocean
Beating against concrete shores
There is lift - hulking
Weightless it drifts up to the troposphere
The bird defied gravity - coasting
Sunlight and the back of people shining
But there is a spinning heavy feeling
Feet that still plant the ground - they are going nowhere
The crowd is a rooted tree - centrifugal
Is gravity coming
Michael,
ReplyDeleteThe word-of-the-day site I was telling you about is wordsmith.org. Last week's words were
acnestis
daymare
nihilarian
lentiginous
spurtle
the last one is especially nice: its a wooden spoon for stirring porridge.