And…

And is the word of possibility,

and is a conjunction,

and should not be preceded by a comma,

and is a breath

and is the beginning of all reasons and lists

and if I showed you my groceries you’d be disappointed, because

and gets repetitive when it’s over used,

and all you can think of are rattling grandparents

and stuttery teenagers who’ve been caught fingering butterflies;

‘and… and… I swear, I only wanted to touch her wings!’

and all the consequences ensue in father fists,

and all we can really appreciate is that without

and, we can’t have grandparents or hands or stand or glandular fever.

And there is certainty that

and makes for disappointing endings,

and mix matched verses ,

and cliffhangers that make no sense,

and