"Tomorrow" feels like a dirty word. At least, it does to me. It's repugnant. It's illicit. It elicits a certain kind of repulsion. It's one of the most vile parts of speech. Wash your mouth out with soap and it still won't rinse away clean. You swear.
As coarse as the word "someday". As crude as "one-day". As indecent and filthy and unrefined as the word "soon". The worst curse muttered under your breath. A slur in hushed tones. A profanity. A vulgarity. You swear. And this, coming from someone who uses the word "fuck" as a conjunction. As a transitional phrase, as punctuation, as emphasis.
But, what if "tomorrow" is something more pliable than my defensive view has made it? What if it's more plastic? What if it's moldable? What if it's clay? Something you can knead and pinch and shape.
You could roll it into a ball. Press your thumb into it's center. Feel the coolness of water and mud give way. Push it and pull it into a structure. Rounded walls that keeps an openness. A container. A cup. A vessel. A vase. A jar. What if it's a place to hold a promise? A promise you make to yourself today?
You drop in a small treasure. A token. A tribute. An oath. Not a lot. Only something minimal. Just enough to swear. To swear that today you'll try a little harder. You'll be a little better. You'll do a little bit more. And regardless of the outcome, tomorrow, you'll try again. If for nothing else than for fuck's sake. You swear.
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What a great f*cking blog!
As someone who too rises at 5, I feel this to my core!
Great intro, I like the way you have used homophones in the opening paragraph, clever wordplay. A popular punishment for swearing used here, leading us into the body.
Your vocab choices are superb, repugnant, repulsive, vile - and we haven't even really got started yet!
It's funny the words that cause us offence isn't it… although, most of these curse words... I'm well aware of 🤣your description of using ‘f*ck’ in different parts of speech amused me!
I love your description of forming the pot, the swear jar. Then going onto dropping in your payment.
Collage is great too!
Absolutely wonderful narrative. My grandfather had a little paragraph he recited frequently. Different words, same meaning.
Yesterday is a canceled check.
Tomorrow is but a promissory note.
Today on the other hand, is cold hard cash.
Let’s go make some, and pass it around.