68. What’s the point of writing 50-worders? (16 May 08)

Focus!
Precision!
No superfluity!
Learning new words like "superfluity"!
And it’s always nice if the piece has a nice shape.
Like the gentle swell of the side of a hill, for example.

Or maybe just
A simple block
Of words like
This one here.

But above all else…
It’s fun!