Here’s The Thing

I read a thing in the paper yesterday about a thing that’s been in the news. I’d like to say a thing or two about that thing, I thought. Then I asked myself, do I know any thing, even one thing, about that thing? And here’s a funny thing, I couldn’t think of even one thing I know about that thing, even though I’ve thought a thing or two about that thing many times. Now and then, I have even thought I knew every thing there was to know about that thing and really wanted to tell the world a thing or two about the things I was thinking about that thing. But what would I accomplish by commenting on that thing, I thought. Not a blessed thing, I decided. Nothing. So, here’s the thing. I have decided not to say a thing about it. Instead, I think I will find some other thing to write about. Forgive me for even bringing this whole thing up. I should have known it was the wrong thing to do. Goodbye.

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