Néant
Perhaps Néant means extinct.
When if first saw it i blinked.
I looked in a dictionary
which seemed to be necessary.
I found that it wasn’t in there
but it did have a thought to share:
“etre et le néant” is a phrase
which seemed foreign in many ways.
Mary Jo Bang said (nothingness)
which may mean (something, but less).
If poets may invent a word
which nobody else ever heard,
i’m allowed to do this also;
i just thought i would let you know.

Walt Abbott–12-26-08