In mire of word I once, impotent, wallowed,
Casting for that which congruently followed
To make verse or rhyme more richly spectacular
While drawing upon mere mundane vernacular.

At last, I discovered a peerless sensation
Allowing illimitable linguistic augmentation.
A prodigious metamorphosis I underwent
Mindful of unbounded potential with this supplement.

My solicitude was vastly mollified
By conviction that, contiguously, I was qualified
To use this illustrious innovation
For enhanced coherence in lyric formation.

The unearthment of this inestimably precious resource
Forever altered the sagacity of my inventions’ course,
Compelling those venturing to discern my proliferation,
To solicit recurrent dictionarial authentication.

An appendage to vocabulary sublimely superb,
Supplying innumerable illustrative adjective and adverb,
Of this invaluable contrivance, I now intone my chorus—
This literary savior called "Thesaurus."

 copyright 2002 Lindseye Greye
7 September, 2002