Words are tricky. Each one has its own character. Some come all sweet and simple, and suddenly get complicated without you knowing how it happened. Synonyms you never heard of turn up like juniper berries and pepper seeds – the taste, the flavour, is overwhelming. Meanings melt down everything in that one second you weren’t looking. And then there are those words that look perfectly solid, wonderfully whole – and they can’t even hold a sentence. Others transform in one paragraph and won’t fit anymore, no matter how you try to squeeze. 
They’re too there, too present, sitting there, staring you in the face, daring you to keep them there like oysters on a plate … So after all the cutting and stirring, after hours and hours of tasting, testing, and rearranging everything … it all boils down to which word fits, which one’s the right pinch of salt, and which one’s perfect, exactly what you were aiming for, exactly what you wanted.
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