Does it say one thing
and do another?
Perhaps that's the function of the multiple meanings;
that way of the dictionary of having a whole list
sometimes with different parts of speech
to indicate that a word can pose across many stages.
What, though,
can a word do
beyond being there
after being written;
it's acted upon,
but then when it's read
it does do an action,
spooky
at a visible distance.
A co-mingling of courses,
even if we pick different numbers on that list:
your verb
my adjective
and all the time
(in fact)
a preposition,
tensed
for the present
but passed over
for a future.
Roman Ryan 