Imaginary Words

Imaginary words

(The grammatical equivalent of the square root of negative one.)

The masculine of empty streets

The possessive case of borrow

The first person of defeat

The omniscient voice of sorrow

The feminine of history

The plural of alone

The intransitive of misery

The past tense for home

The proper noun for no one

A compound form of sever

The reflexive of a warming sun

The indicative of never

--excerpted from The Book of Forbidden Words