"Did you get a cactus?"
"Did I get a what?"
"A cactus."
"No?"
"Well then what's that?"
"A succulent."
"What the hell is a succulent?"
"A plant. It's quite like a cactus, actually."
"So it's a succulent."
"Yep."
"Which is a cactus-like thing-"
"Uh huh."
"Except it's not actually a cactus."
"Brilliant, Einstein."
"Shut up. That's so weird."
"Her name is Alice."
YOU ARE READING
Colloquialism
PoetryPoems, short stories, prose poetry, vignettes, innermost thoughts, that sort of thing
