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why do i

talk

so much

while

knowing

so

little

until

it seems

i no longer

even

know

what i

dont

know

or is it

that believing

that i am

supposed

to know

and dont

i must

pretend

to know

everything

never

challenging

my own

disguised

certainties

i always

believed

that a cheese

sandwich

needed

mayonnaise

until three

days ago

i began

to test

my hypothesis

discovering

it is false

now

for the

first time

in my life

i know

the taste

of cheese

suppose

no longer

drowning

my salad

with dressing

i learn that i

like lettuce

or french fries

dont require

catsup

perhaps

my brain

connections

were tweaked

while i slept

altering

perceptions

of reality

or am i

growing

more

embarrassed

of uncertainty

until hiding it

as if proven

by words

that would

make me

very dangerous

especially

if you

still like

mayonnaise

on your

sandwich

h.

Hubert Neth, a Lee’s Summit resident and United Methodist pastor, has contributed to the Journal for more than 20 years.
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