Today's OneWord: Platinum

The girl with a platinum voice had a sadly limited vocabulary. True, when stacks of sheet music riddled with the whims and worries and woes and wraths of its writers, she could sing it all. She could tell stories, ballads, epics, or she could sing lullabies, prayers, hymns.

But when she was offstage, something changed. It was all, "Yes, sir," or "Yes, ma'am," or "Thank you." And as she smiled and waved at her fans, her father stood with that same limited look peeling off his face.