big words

sometimes we put so many big words in front of small ideas. as i sit day in and day out, for what seems like for eternity, at countless training sessions at countless new jobs, i wonder what this is all about. how many ways can i “sizzle” the word salad? mixed greens, tossed, dressed, drizzled, topped, fresh, a bed of, crisp. quite a few. just eat it. you’ll like it. that’s the idea. those are the big words.

if something moves you. if something hurts you. if something is beautiful, ugly, or somewhere in between, why can’t we just say it.

that’s moving. or, with a bigger word, that shook me. the english student: that unearthed me.

try and be smart. try and be fluent in all the words no one says, but only writes, unless you’re reading from what you wrote. try to put big words to small ideas in order to make small mounds of mountainous meanings. right?

sometimes when the sun is high in the sky, and the car window is down, and the air is fresh, blowing in from the ocean, i drive in silence, and listen to the world, and think that it’s the most beautiful thing i’ve ever heard.

sometimes, when the solar god of wondrous beginnings and eventual ends, hangs high in the noon day summery sky…

talk sexy to the customer, they say, sizzle the menu, make it jump out at them, they say. i will tell you what it is, what it tastes like, and if i like it, and maybe i am sexy when i say it, but my words will not be. but maybe if i unbutton one button in my shirt i will sizzle the whole restaurant, the whole menu, and everything on their plate, to the point where all they can think are sexy thoughts about their food. maybe i will be able to put so many big words in front of so many small ideas that by the time i am done with that table, with that sizzle session, all they will see when they remember their food is the sizzle that brought it to them.

pound away at the computer. make it say what you want it to say. and if you can’t, right click and find the thesaurus and sizzle away, until there’s nothing left but big words and and the smallest of ideas. or hypothesis’ for that matter.

~ by kevinthomas on February 28, 2008.