Anaphora (an-aph’-o-ra): Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences, or lines.
We search the library for answers and the answers raise more questions.
We search the Bible for solace and direction, as we read the words we remain numb and full of dread.
We search a bottle of gin for distraction and to take us on a voyage away from our uninvited memories on the calming sea of alcohol.
Will we ever stop searching? Will we find it? Will the truth ever set us free? Or, will it bind us to its immutable presence, with no way out, no way around, eclipsing it’s others, and cancelling fancy’s flights forever?
Is the search all that matters? Is “eureka” just a word that marks a moment of fleeting revelation that dims in the urgency of time and the necessity of choosing?
I don’t know.
I don’t want to know.
I don’t care.
Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu).
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