What the Devil do they Mean When they Say “Crystal Clear?’’

Desimone’s near-irrational hatred for the expression “crystal clear’’ preambles a reconsideration of Martiniquan poet-philosopher Édouard Glissant’s musings on “the Right to Opacity, le Droit à l’Opacité’’

What in purgatory do they mean, when they say “crystal clear?’’ or “Allow me to be crystal clear on this matter?’’

It shows that these denizens of purgatory have seldom glimpsed raw crystal, unearthed from the rock or dirt mounds, un-hewn: crystal is foggy; crystal is smoky.