As Much as a Much

Somewhere a journalist swears

At autocorrect, reading

The phrase as much as a much

Buried in their article.

From context, that second much

Had been intended as month,

But while as much as a month

Would have made much better sense,

As much as a much feels right,

Feels rebellious, defiant

Among the words, an echo

Of too much of a muchness,

(Look it up) but more modest,

Also tautological

And just slightly prosodic.

The world is both nothing much

And just as much as a much,

For which lives suffer too much.