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‘Aspersions’ distracted me from the poem!!

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Maybe that should be the title.

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Ok I’ll go back …

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I do love the imagery of the sun kicking off its blankets…

And I do realize you approach poetry as one who studies the forms and respects them ..

And though I kept losing the thread — it was only aspersions that confounded me. Often. And Consistently.

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It confounded me, too, but I was determined to not let that stop me!

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I do admire persistence…

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The photos reminded me of el Greco’s View of Toledo..

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Nice comparison. I've always been bemused by el Greco -- and now el Greca :)

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Wow, that was really fun!

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Thanks, Alan -- I'm glad to hear that. It was fun writin' too.

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I love these word-woven tapestries you make, Jonathan. Your “asper-sions” are well employed.

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Thank, Ann.

The aspersians

of the Persians

and their excursions

play out in my brain

in many versions.

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Oh man 😂

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“the sprung rhymic aspersions

of some drunk poet riding a bike” This fits perfectly. That’s what makes it even better.

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Thanks, Rod

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