Proto-Indo-European eh+tos -> Italic atos -> Latin -atus:
like
having it
possession of a thing or quality
-> English -age:
a condition of being
a measurement of being
a state of being resulting from an action
hermitage:
a place / a period of seclusion
vagabondage:
being on the move without a fixed abode
the old woman lectures
on the color of vowels
— Robert Hass
red is not soft like blue
not far-seeing like green
not exposed like yellow
but fierce, bold, upstanding
outfacing, able to go
longer & without complaint
the red behind sun’s yellow
its minions, salmon & mauve
colors that fill the sky
before the green flash
what stops you frees me
rubia, madder, alizarin
gush of blood before it cools
what I see when you try me
