Maurice told us of a BBC documentary
featuring Rhod Gilbert a Scottish standup
and the word anthrologist a gynecologist

for men of which there are relatively few
and why should that be since men account
for half the world’s infertility problems

I found it on YouTube and now ponder
whether I want to spend the time give over
my attention in this age of overload and

that’s what sent me wondering about the
whole attention giving thing listen to another
person speak which is a social thing the

whole purpose of language after all where
some tell a story better than others giving
rise to itinerant minstrels Greek drama the

court jester Shakespeare writing lines for
professional actors to announce telling
stories full of sound and fury significant

sometimes and worth giving attention like
a male defect that dare not speak its name