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IMAGINE
China and Ethiopia
comfortably wrapped
in a British flag
+
Ecuador and the Phillipines
comfortably wrapped
in a Canadian flag
*
*
*
Symbolically,
this happened yesterday
in the shadows
of this globe
though slightly more for
fans of Emma Raducanu
than
fans of Leylah Fernandez
And it all happened
on the Twentieth Anniversary
of the only day in history
that is remembered
as a fraction:
All I will say in closing
is
...
if either
Leylah or Emma
need to adopt
a grandfather,
consider me
(at least for one day)
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PAUL OLIVERIO
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Only one hyperlink?
ReplyDeleteThat may change
Deletebut here in Commentia,
allow me to acknowlege
which of my heroes
I "borrowed" from
in the text and title:
(most obviously) Louis Armstrong
(almost as obvious) John Lennon
(least obvious) Langston Hughes
Ten hours have passed since my first comment
ReplyDeleteand, sure enough, there is another hyperlink
but most conspicuously absent from the page
is a copyright symbol.
Because anyone looking to adopt
Deletea grandfather would not want someone
obsessed with his copyrighted material