I Was Doing Fine Until

Your words got in the way

“C’mon Simone, let’s talk about your big but.” — Pee-wee Herman in Pee-wee’s Big Adventure ()

The but problem:
That good feeling
the but sends reeling.

I will but not now.
Love you but not how — I used to.

Committed?
Not until the but is omitted.

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OK — Your Turn

THEME: But — that little 3-letter word that changes the direction in which the sentence seemed to be headed.

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And now, Gloria Estefan sings her soulful hit, “”: