This week's prompt centers on a mix between the homophone and the Freudian slip: create a poem titled "Honor Role" incorporating less of rhyme and more of mix-ups. Words with double meanings, such as "whole in one" or "roll model," as well as altering a word in a well known phrase by one letter, "track meat," "over hall," or "the golden role," can both prove fruitful.
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