Sunday, July 29, 2018

Molecule, July 3

I like the sound of the word molecule. It makes me think of a clear drop of water on a clean slip of glass. Of something speculative, and mollified.

Of something shining on the fingernails. A manicure. Of crystalline K'nex in pure white space, like an ad for prescription medication.

To "molecule" (v) is the opposite of to "ridicule". It is therefore the word of scientists and pacifists. It is the word of those who have seen, and wondered, and given "due regard".



"Due regard" cf. Richard Wilbur, "The Eye" 

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