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Effervescence
Effervescence,
As if to tease,
Is a word
Bubble-ing over with e’s.
It ends and begins with e,
E’s at stem and stern,
And three e’en between,
E’s appearing in precise returns.
E’s total numbers five, and, by fate,
Doubly divided and spaced evenly
By four sets of consonants eight,
Aligned in perfect symmetry.
It is singly, doubly, trippily,
A quaddity and a quintidity,
An epitome of E-echt-tivity,
And, on occasion, an actual inanity.
An earful, it is, an ee-ful,
Never grim. ever gleeful,
Equally eagle-eye-ful,
A gee, whee, tee-hee-hee ful!
It is, truth be told, a jocund word,
Exhilarating, antic, and absurd.
But take some care how deep you dredge:
Effervescence can take you to the very edge.
—HyC
“Effervescence” is one of 81 poems in my new book, The Logic of Rhyme, available on Amazon.