The Tinder Box

Do you ever get stuck on words? Or rather do words get stuck on you? You know...obsessively...stuck like an especially stubborn chunk of eclair that won't go away, no matter how much you pry about in the dark with your tongue....Well, I do. (get stuck on words, I mean) And quite often. Very whimsically too. Words with no relation to anything...you wake up in the morning and it's there...just..........like...CATACOMB.
heavy word, that! Like something you could beat the dust out of a carpet with...or it could be something like a honeycomb...you know, just cats instead of bees...sounds logical enough. No idea what you do with it, though...or what 'it' could do with you. But why not throw it around in conversation...to add that touch of intellectual flourish (that so eludes me otherwise)...something impressive sounding...'wandering the catacombs of my life'....end with a sigh...take a bow (applause)

The problem with such 'problem' words is that you never know what they really mean and you're always too lazy to find out. You just keep saying it over and over in your head...rolling it around left right and all those other directions possible... catacombcatacombcatacombcatacombcatacombcatacombcatacombcatacombcatacombcatacombcatacomb....until, well, until nothing. The word is headstrong...but it won't spring to life if you chant it repeatedly...and it certainly won't start making sense. You may sit and 'cogitate' all day...soon, if you have too much time on your hands, you'll be left wondering what it would be like to comb a real cat...so much for the catacombs of my brain.

P.S. - Anyway, since I decided to put this on the blog I thought it would be a good idea not to appear like such a popinjay...so here's what a real CATACOMB looks like...



P.S. 2 - For those still wondering about the meaning...
cat⋅a⋅comb /ˈkætəˌkoʊm/
–noun
1. an underground cemetery, esp. one consisting of tunnels and rooms with recesses dug out for coffins and tombs.
2. the subterranean burial chambers of the early Christians in and near Rome, Italy.
3. an underground passageway, esp. one full of twists and turns.

I am currently reading up on their genesis and progression through time and human history...those catacombs must be kept alive!