A Word Game

My words seem to have dashed away! 

Important or frivolous words gone! instead of jousting and playing with crossed swords of meaning and purpose. 

Importance too often wins over frivolity 

Frivolity smeared liberally between the heavy bricks of importance

builds something worth the time of day or week and month and year. 

Bricks of importance and privilege 

plus 

the mortar of frivolity with its own sort of privilege 

builds a whimsical house with 

a curvy sloped roof and a funny top hat chimney

puffing out smoke when the fire of passion is hot. 

There is only one leader of a country, 

one C.E.O. of an organization and 

    one famous author of each string of books

but 

a host of us ordinary folk 

living ordinary lives with 

little glitz or glamour

    make the world go ‘round 

        for the Really Important People 

    while doing frivolous things like 

     playing games with our children and going for ice cream.

We are :

Really Important Frivolous People

“The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.”

~ Socrates