this is a whole rigmarole

a poem about how i've been spelling that word wrong for most of my life, how it's' taken a toll and then offers some LOLs (big or small).

dear poetry lovers, poetry likers, poetry accepters and toleraters alike,

i’m glad that you’re here. thank you.
i’m on a few “word of the day” mailing lists.
one time, the word of the day was “rigmarole,” and i learned that while the pronunciation of it CAN have an extra syllable (/ˈriɡ(ə)məˌrōl/), the spelling does not reflect that (rig·ma·role). i was (p…