Midnight flights of thought

As I was preparing for bed tonight I began to think about words. I know thinking about words is not the most normal thing to do before going to bed. Maybe it has something to do with the five hours I slept this morning after working last night and that I am preparing to “make” myself go to bed. My mind is not ready to shut down so flights of thought pass through. So if you wish join me on my journey.

It starts something like this: my two favorite words are epiphany and conundrum. I like the way they roll off the tongue and out of the mouth. I like there definitions:

epiphany

• 2 : an appearance or manifestation especially of a divine being
  3 a (1) : a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of something (2) : an intuitive grasp of reality through something (as an event) usually simple and striking (3) : an illuminating discovery b : a revealing scene or moment

conundrum

1 : a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun 2 a : a question or problem having only a conjectural answer b : an intricate and difficult problem

I had and epiphany and it was quite a conundrum. That sentence is an oxymoron. And so the mind continues to throw out words. Rocephin is my favorite sounding word. It’s not a word whose definition gives it character. Rocephin is an antibiotic I just like the way the word sounds. Rocephin. The next flight of thought is that of language and how privileged the human animal is to possess such a variety of languages. How privileged the human animal is to be able to produce so many sounds. How privileged the human animal is to be able to communicate on so many levels. How privileged the human animal is. And with that last thought I’m going to bed hopefully I will not dream of words I will just sleep my brain having already fired its neurons in a haphazard manner through my flights of thought.