Anther-smut infection. I found that series of words in a paper today.
Smut. A smut infection. Anther-smut as an entity all its own. What type of infection is that? Oh, that’s the anther-smut variety. For whatever reason, these words have captured my imagination. Sometimes I imagine that it’s antler-smut infection. Which would be different from an antler smut infection. The second one has a smut infection of the antler. Which makes me think of juvenile male deer with pornographic doe pictures hanging from the points on their antlers. Then the deer PTA would have a meeting about antler smut infecting the youth of the forest.
And that makes me think that my mind seems to need a rest from antlers, anthers, smut, and the PTA.
Goodnight.