Stolen Conventions
Curb your tropes,
and put away ideas worn
like pressed trousers too thin
for the weather.
My country tis of thee
sweet rapine of landed trees
where soybeans sing
[Syntax] let there be tariffs
[Circumlocution] let there be Borg
[Context] spread city ruin
[Allusion] sing of olaf
spinning downward
in a widening gyre
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The Curator at it again ?
Much enjoyed.
Engaging and original.
Love the mashup of Eliot, Star Trek, My Country ‘Tis of Thee, Gershwin, e.e. cummings, Yeats. My favorite: “ideas worn
like pressed trousers too thin”
Thanks Gaby!