“Words, words,
words.”
— Hamlet (2.2)
List #9: (e) profusion, (f) inadvertent
Yes, in profusion birds were there—
They came, it seemed, from everywhere.
So it was inadvertent, see,
When I made this discovery—
That birds could fly, and I could not.
(I’d just forgot what I’d been taught.)
And so I climbed a tree—and “flew”—
Though that is not what humans do.
What humans do is flap each arm
And hit the ground and come to harm!
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