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Some of those closest to me are concerned my poetry does not rhyme every time. I do not complain, but try to explain that total symmetry is not important to me. The meaning of a verse is, for better or worse, the point of a piece. Rhymes are just grease. Mental lubrication to let words slide by, while I try to impart a certain feeling, repulsive or appealing. This frees myself and my reader from the tight restraint of what seems sing-song. But maybe just this once, I will kind of go along.

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Date: 10/3/2022 5:01:00 PM
Every time?
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Date: 10/2/2022 9:43:00 AM
Great message, great delivery. Our brain definitely craves sing-song, even if it loses it's spice of life.
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Scott Campbell
Date: 10/3/2022 4:48:00 PM
Thanks, Matt. Hopefully we can spice our messages with near rhyme and other devices to avoid the grease of rhyme.

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