XXVI: Not keeling

Sometimes saying something common backwards makes it sound more interesting, but sometimes saying that same something so many times in a row makes it sound strange. Try it: Sailboat, sailboat, sailboat, sailboat, sailboat, sailboat, sailboat, sailboat, sailboat, sailboat, sailboat, sailboat, sailboat, sailboat, sailboat, sailboat, sailboat, sailboat, sailboat. Now tell me, just what is sailboat? A word, you say, (what is word?) Referring to an object, (what is object?) used as a method of travel, (what is travel?) It is what you see when you close your eyes and say sailboat but instead hear windblown, white-capped waters, stubborn and sunburned youth in salty life jackets ducking under the mast at "Ready about!" as all aboard change direction through the eye of the wind. What are you spewing? I said, Don't judge the English major... She's just excited is all, is all. Too much time in Starbucks will do that to you. Too much time can make you realize there are more and more strange people in the world, and the older you get the stranger all of the strangers seem and all the more strange you feel around them. Isn't it strange? Try it: Strange, strange, strange, strange, strange, strange, strange, strange, strange, strange, strange, strange, strange, strange, strange, strange, strange, strange, strange... See? It is just a word.