April 5, 2019

FATBURG

I just learned a new word: 

“fatberg”. I had never heard 

about them before. Ugly. 

They are enormous blobs 

of fat that can clog up sewers. 

Unlike icebergs, which are 

made up of clean clear white 

ice and snow, a fatberg is 

made up of  fats, handi-wipes, 

congealed grease and gunk. 

I suspect in years to come 

there will be new words 

like “angerbergs,” “pornbergs,” 

“unfairbergs,” “fakenewsbergs” 

stuff that clogs up our minds. 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019