Saturday, October 13, 2018

Namely, 3

NAMELY

EP-oh-nimz

a word based on or derived from a person's name.
First Known Use: mid-19th century

“What’s in a Name?”
Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, 2.2

3: atlas: a book of maps (from Atlas, a Titan condemned to holding the world on his back after losing the Titans’ war with the gods)

In days before our GPS—
We used a map—or had to guess—
Where we were going (what a mess!).

An atlas helped when we were lost—
But atlases we sometimes tossed
Because they never did exhaust

The many possibilities.
Some roads were missing (what a tease!)—
And towns and rivers—things like these.

But GPS has helped a lot—
Though is it perfect? It is not!
But … for right now? The best we’ve got.



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