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January 01, 2020

Abecedarius for the 21st Century by [Stacey Harwood-Lehman]

Zealous
Young
Xenophobes
Write
Verse.

Useless
Threats.

Shouted
Recriminations.

Questionable
Practices.

Odious
Nefarious
Masquerading
Liars.

Kiss-ass
Jurists
Invent
History.

Generations
Faulted.

Expert
Deniers
Clearly
Benefit.

Again.

--  10/2001

Posted by on January 01, 2020 at 01:33 AM in Poems, sdh |

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Comments

Perfect!

Posted by: jim c | January 04, 2020 at 02:48 AM

Stacey, this is inspired and brilliant and I love it!

Posted by: David Alexander | January 04, 2020 at 10:23 AM

so clever...I enjoyed so much. Was waiting/wondering what letter "A" would portend and it turned out to be Absolute perfection!

Posted by: Joanna C Migdal | January 04, 2020 at 01:26 PM

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