It's a sweet sound, charming the first time I heard it. A plaintive, softer "meow" than usual. It didn't occur to me it wasn't sweet nothings sour churnings she was emitting. Emesis being the nursing term, was going to say operative term but that brings up pictures of nursing as well. I branch off. I have trouble.
Operative being cliche and I know I can't use a cliche but I see them all the time that's why they are cliche but if the pop press uses them and they are getting paid for writing then shouldn't I take the hint?
Between you and I, that is.
How it pains me to write the above.
I naturally spew forth a cliche or two, like a cat spews out a hairball. Sometimes after my sweetest mewling. Does that mean I should go back and ruthlessly tear out every group of two or more or even one word that's been used in that particular way before (and what word or group of words is truly exclusive to you even Shakespeare stole) or let it STET as part of my naturally cliched style.
As long as it's not obnoxiously cliched.
Ruthless...without Ruth...who died when I was 13. Another couple hundred on that. Motherless...becoming cold
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