Seems to me, I said, a delusionist cannot take an adjective. You are one, or you are not. Any noun can take an adjective if you know your grammar. I tried to come up with examples to challenge his faith in adjectives. A procrastinating tree, a lofty shadow, an estival trance, a burdensome coda. The ineffable miasma of incompetent words, he said. What do you call an aneurysm of a mind that’s clotted by words? As long as I stay clear of adjectives I remain uncluttered, I said. Why such dislike of adjectives? I oppose anything judgmental, I said, and adjectives are opinionated words. Happy, sad.
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