Words, Wittgenstein’s net, to grasp the world -
and many worlds. One single word
wafts myriad thoughts: ‘free’ ‘fuck’ ‘global’…
Words, jewel-nets, webnets
connect emotions, link shared meanings -
over continents, as I skype Dalits*.
Words translate, communicate, obfuscate,
challenge, overcome, transform.
* Ex-Untouchables
40 Words is part of an online word installation on the Arvon Blog. This is shortlisted piece from the Arvon/DXN Magazine competition 2008. Writers were invited to send 40 Words on Words to celebrate Arvon’s 40th birthday this year.
