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When these two authors write about
culture and its components,
few—if any—writers
do it better
Their writing
conjures an image of
atop the mountain,
sitting cross-legged
with his thumb
up in the air
His readers are gathered below,
attuned to every word he says
When he's finished,
a man dressed as a jackal
takes the stage.
Verbal calisthenics
are his act:
syntactical somersaults
with saber-toothed
syllables.
The jackal is
The name of the mountain
is
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© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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I agree with you completely—and humorously—about the sociological writing
ReplyDeleteof Mr. Eco and Mr. Wolfe.
There is, however, one major difference between the two:
Umberto's novels are just as compelling but that is not
the case with the Wolfe man.
Wolfe's novels might have been just as compelling
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Might have been is very powerful language.
DeleteThat is mighty true
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