This isn't wisdom

A root canal minus the canal is actually just another kind of canal.
Die becomes doe becomes Bambi’s mom and thus becomes die again.
A blood test is a religious experience, a Sistine ceiling on a smudged whiteboard.
We put a bounty on clowns for having faces when it’s really just their makeup.

We take a brief pause to learn “mountain” in Mandarin.

They remember the kayak but forget the piano.
His pants give a thumbs up after he sees a flamethrower.
One man’s celery is another man’s weed if he doesn’t know how to hotbox.
She hands my hand back to me and tells me to never look a gift turkey in the mouth.