(88) May 22, 2010: Reach

REACH

I have eleven thousand verbs
   That I can chose to Do.
I give the cue, the brain perturbs
   The nervous system stew,

And all at once I'm doing just
   The verb I thought about,
With no real time to think-adjust
   Before the action's out.
But if I switch the mode to Speech.
   Allowing just pretend,
When I say "reach" I do not reach
   Though mental arms extend.

What is this act I did not do?
   What difference did it make?
Is there a meaning to construe?
   Is anything at stake?

D. Edgar Lamp

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