'o Hi o' - for contest, provided i win

  
                Quicksand has not been on my mind 
                    for decades, neither have brass knuckles

                 a pillow by any other name is a bureaucrat’s sword
                     pensive, dormant even in elevator shaft #11 

                 o, frustration, o the itch to do it all now
                     O, ambivalence, o, vacillation  

                 O, marination, o intimation, O cruise vacation
                      O litigation, o fraternization, o  Hi  o 

                  (Did I win the prize? I hope so. Do you think
                      I can possibly be writing for pleasure?)

                  O, Portia, where art thou now?
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August 17, 2026 at 5:05 PM
o, your wit!
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