Tutlens
Following in someone's footsteps is a ridiculous thing to do when you can go in literally any direction you want. Let's work out a way to walk straight up -- that sounds like more fun.
Convictions lead to convictions. They erode bits off things, whether they be people or establishments. That's what both senses of the word have in common. A trapped man or a trapped society, both are broken down by convictions.
I was excited to date a gymnast -- you know what they say -- but the relationship didn't last long. Turns out there's more than one way to be inflexible.
It is logically impossible to spell a word incorrectly. It is, however, very common to spell a different word than you intended to.
In an infinite universe all combinations of phonic characters will eventually refer to something.
So get bent, Spellcheck.
"Okay, so they're always sneaking around in ventilation ducts on TV, right? Well, turns out that doesn't work in real life. I'm not going to be in to work tomorrow, or probably the rest of the week. Also I wrecked the couch. Sorry." *click*
Together we huddle for warmth, until time rockets us from our triangular cradle and bounces us, one by one, across the flat expanses of our lives, some at high speed, some at low, some prolonged, some foreshortened -- but, inevitably, we all find the darkness.