It goes without saying

As the old saying goes, it goes without saying. But if it goes without saying, why bother saying it?

Worried it won’t go without saying it? It will just sit there, going nowhere? And if it does not go without saying it, where is it?

Where is it when it is not on the go?

When and where do words rest?

(Next rest stop, 45 pages)

It does not go without saying. Without saying, it doesn’t exist. It is nowhere. Not here, not there, not anywhere.

It goes without saying what goes without saying remains stuck in a limbo of doubt.

To be sure it’s on the go, say it, repeat it, vary it.

Not on its own will it go.

But needs be nevertheless let go.