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(Pentagon E-ring office—executive officer knocks & enters—General motions him in) XO, Explain examinees... Examinee X-11, Xander Xanakis Experience? Explosives expert. Ex-Army. Executive experience Exam? Exceptional Excellent! Excessive Exessive? Explain Extreme xenophobe (expletive) Exclude Examinee X-12... Xavier Xanthopoulos... Experience? Expert— extraction, exfiltration. Ex-Navy, Executive Experience Exam? Excelled Extracuricular extras... Explain Expat, X-games, xylophone... Expat? Xalapa (chuckling) X-games, xylophone— (laughs) X-Factor! (XO nods his head, smiling) Xenophobic? (shaking head) Xenodochial. Exeptionally xenophilic! Expectations? Exceeds Expectations Excellent! XO, exclude examinee X-11... Excluding Xander Xanakis Expedite Xavier Xanthopoulos Expediting examinee X-12 XO, excused (XO exits) *** 04/25/2020 Poetry form: Alliteration - This is the 8th poem in my Alliterative Alphabet Series. Each poem describes conversations between two or more people while only using words that start with or sound like the first letter of the title of the poem. I’m publishing the poems as I write them on Wattpad.com, not necessarily in alphabetical order. My goal is to write at least 26 poems to cover each letter of the alphabet. I hope you find the concept interesting, maybe even clever. Most of all I hope you enjoy them :) There are a lot of words starting with "X", but it's a challenge creating a coherent dialog with just "X" words. Saved by the definition of alliteration: "The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words." Ahhh... so the same "sound" would fit the bill. Thus, the use of words beginning with "ex" would provide the "X" sound, alliteratively speaking :) Disclaimer: This poem is fictional and does not depict any actual person or event. The names used are ficticious and were chosen to satisfy the requirements of the poetry form.

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Date: 4/26/2020 12:44:00 PM
Amazing. Just amazing. The patience, care and effort you put into this is evident, Mark! Excelsior! :) Gershon
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Date: 4/26/2020 10:13:00 PM
Wow! You've made my day, Gershon! Many thanks for your gracious comment. ~Mark
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