Friday, August 17, 2018

Looks Can Fool You, 31

het·ero·nym

Noun: one of two or more homographs [words that are spelled the same]
that differ in pronunciation and meaning
(such as a bass voice and bass, a fish)
First Known Use: circa 1889

31: intern

“Oh, don’t intern me!” so I cried
As they just carried me away.
The intern whom I’d seen had lied—
And now I really had to pay.

I kicked, I bit, I even swore
At the injustice of it all.
I prob’ly did a whole lot more—
But now I’m drugged—and can’t recall.

The intern laughed (or so I heard)—
And stole my credit cards, my life.
The last I know (so chirped a bird)
He lives in Bali with my wife.

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