A L A S

ALAS. I always found the word to be funny. “Jerry proved himself to be unusually coherent during his speech, but alas, he fumbled with his words halfway through the piece.” A sort of regret and/or need for compassion is expressed through that word. Call it a preface to an unfortunate story or call it the veil that reveals humanity. Everybody has a blemish or a bit of quirkiness to them. Isn’t life so much more acceptable and humorous when you savor them?