Primal Magic

Surd and absurd are – at bottom – synonymous! Absurd? Yes, of course. So are canny and uncanny. Sub- can mean high or (be)low Post- can mean Post- or Pre-! Again, in Tamil, naatram once meant fragrance, Now it's its opposite. Antithetical meanings of primal words, As noted by Freud, And as endorsed by Bloom. Maybe a linguistic universal for Chomsky, Freeplay for Derrida, Language games for Lyotard, And a mystery for us! — R. V. Ram