Monday, December 22, 2014

Word of the Day: Countermand

Countermand.

The fine futility, the impossibility of it. Things that cannot be countermanded: the year, the years, natural cycles, extinction.

Why do I think 'irrevocable', when I think 'countermand'? Why do I choose the word only to take power away from it?

Too wayward for this word.

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