[insert word here]

The word, the right word, the perfect word, because it could only be one word, couldn’t it be others, no there is a perfect word, word, world, word, world, word world experience, think of the past, think of the present, what am I thinking, what words are in my thoughts, look at it, what does it look like, like an animal, like a human being, like a friend, like a, like a, well what does it say, it isn’t talking, so make it talk, make it listen, make them listen, there is a perfect word, how many is that now, eighty-seven, eighty-eight, make it more, make it talk, I think it likes the silence, silence in my brain, no thoughts so no words, can’t find the right one, it’s on the tip of my tongue, the tip of my brain, it’s crawling down the stem and touching the nerve endings in my fingertips, tap-tap-tap, like an egg cracking, out comes a thought, it might be this word, insert it, insert the right word, but no, that’s not it, think harder, think faster, there hardly is time at all, pressure, pressure, some pressure and another word, it could be this one too, but that’s hardly it at all, what is it, what is it saying, is it talking now, is he talking now, what should I say, the word, the perfect word, he isn’t talking, staring and staring and I’m staring, and I’m thinking of the perfect word, construct it, make it last and make it show, and what does it say, what does it say about me, I am thinking, I am staring, I am per- fecting, I should say something, the word, the perfect word, but more, the perfect sentence, something with every perfect word, something that is real and true to the moment, so what’s happening, is he looking, is she listening, what’s in their minds, cracking, like a thought, they want silence but I want words, three quarters done now, but there is more, isn’t there, always more, I can make it better, make it sound nice, nicer, nicest, and what is it about, what does it look like, like an animal, like a human being, like a friend, like a, like a, what should I say, what should you say, there is a perfect word, cat-scratching patty cake and there is more, hi my name is and there is more, oh I wish I was a, wish I was a little bar of soap and there’s more, and there is definitely more, so keep going, he’s talking now, and she’s listening, isn’t she, she is, so keep talking now, keep thinking, you’ll get it, won’t you, won’t you.Won’t I?