Thursday, December 6, 2007

Verb-of-Choice Post

We don't have to verb good-bye every time. I verbed you and it was enough for me. Then you verbed, "I just wanted to say good-bye..." and you verbed the insides of my cheeks, verbed my gums and my upper lip and teeth. I wasn't going to verb you, but I verbed it - especially after you verbed me in that lecture - so I started to verb you in. Then you verbed away. "Bye," you verbed, but not in my ear - to the black, bleak walls of the kitchen. That verbed a loud "Bye!" from me. You verbed your mouth as you verbed out of the door. I verbed mine and verbed the fridge. I verbed lasagna, a baby ruth, and ice-cream: all foods unallowed, but I didn't verb then. All I could verb about while verbing those decadent unallowed delights was how different they verbed from you. I verb I verbed so much in an attempt to verb, or verb that pleasant flavor and foodish feeling. I verb to verb you too often, and when I am not, or without the prospect of it, I verb unsubstantial substitutes - empty calories. But then, are verbs the empty calories of any relationship? No, just when they are the only diet component. But verbs are definitely strengthening if verbed. I can't verb all of the time - or else soon I might become unhealthily gluttonous; constantly verbing. We don't have to verb hello every time. But we can every once in a while. Let's not verb them altogether, but as of now, I verb too many verbs too soon.

2 comments:

Marissa said...

I love this Angela! I laughed too hard when I read it, I nearly died! Keep it up!

Unknown said...

I find myself on my head. Or at least my years of telling students that verbs are the most descriptive elements of sentences. I'm not quite sure if this post disproves or proves my assertions. On one hand, the components around each "verb" give all the detail context for extrapolating what each "verb" means or does not mean. But then on the other hand, each "verb" commands each sentence with its hilarious and frustrating ambiguity. May I use this in future classes?