Bagel backwards is slegab
which sounds like a town in Wales
Hearsay backwards is yasraeh
which sounds like a seminary in Israel
College backwards is egelloc
which sounds like a Klingon food
Maybe if I make words say their names backwards
they will reveal their secrets to me
like turning a talking stick upside down
and listening to the waterfall of seeds
or breaking a cottonwood twig at a joint
to see the secret star inside
