Amendment (rev.

of none shall The Ghost of Iambic Pentameter (Chaucer?) be abridged on fetish hyperbole language was altered in The House to read as half-meaning shall make alliteration through good times shall make alliteration through value of gold is low shall make alliteration through New Deal shall make alliteration through Reagan years shall make alliteration through post 9/11 malaise the section adopted read pathetic fallacies Shakespeare’s arm up Macbeth’s neck the Earth was feverous and did shake but the intent the frequency of adjectives so soundless so sultry so nice the free exercise of religion Jesus would not wish to stroll down the brackish line you break look upon the prohibition simply as an exclusion from the Federal Government of all power to act upon L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E without opposition on this point a paradox Pope describes man as great lord of all things yet a prey to all the court thought nonetheless that the opinion radiates as a mass noun verse in general as a proper noun this quatrain taken from The Senate rhyming aaba queer-near-lake-year we will not tolerate new words learned rape-abortion-liquidation-jumper are at best “guidelines” Rs flattened with a rolling pin the metaphor is not “wholly accurate” it may be read as a concession spoken hymn my god I know I feel thee mine any offensive derisive or annoying words i.e. fighting words we-are-building-a-future the inane length of  Tolstoy true it is unclear where The Court is on this issue erroneous statement is protected cue caesura in any free debate [Official Memo] we have invented such agonies as The Sonnet see also Petrarchan Sonnet Milton dissenting see also Submerged Sonnet The Waste Land dissenting [For Example] the spoken word didactic born in magnificent rage in the ear of the citizen and out again processors were coded to presume we were always writing poetry

Source: Poetry (April 2025)