Reading My Comic Poem by Dónall Dempsey

'Do you know the plural
of S Y Z Y G Y? '

'Noooo...but...I guess
S Y Z Y G I E S? '

'Yes...that fits..3 across! '

'Is it...even a word? '

'Oh yes it was recognised
as English in 1847

(astronomically that is) .

You know...a sort of
yoking together such as

occurs in an eclipse! '

'Rightttttttt! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! '

'Or it symbolises the
(in psychology)

the communication of
the conscious & unconscious mind! '

'Ohhhhhhhhhhhh! '

'Or...you know....the pairing of chromosomes
in meiosis? '

'Uh uh? '

She kissed me...
finished her Cryptic Crossword

in the time it took to land.

I went back to reading
my comic.