We’re moving next
to the homophone: a word pronounced the same as another but differing in
meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air. So … contronyms are words that have contradictory meanings (sanctiion = approve and
disapprove; homophones sound alike
but to not mean the same—and often are not spelled the same, either.
cinque (noun): the 5 at dice, cards,
etc.
sink (noun): a basin or receptacle
(kitchen sink) (verb): to submerge, go below
sync (verb): to synchronize (noun)
harmony or harmonious relationship
He drew the cinque—that lousy deck!
And felt his
hopes for victory sink.
So out of sync he felt—a wreck.
He wished
that he could simply shrink
And
disappear. Or maybe sync
His hopes
and his reality.
“This can’t
be very hard, I think,”
He said. But then he drew a three!
He then
cashed in his single chip—
And took a
long and bitter drink.
He took a
little bathroom trip,
And wept his
heart out in the sink.
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