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Dreamy Tonsils

isolated, aimless,         layed near alien smilers normal     amends made   noises sold my roadless toenails tread dream salt antlers leary, lids onsite anytime     lends old   rails to lone stares anymore     loads stale tendrils    on disaster tides i mislearn elation as sated moans i misread sanity … Continue reading

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What is Poetry?

Last week, I tasked my middle school students with some exquisite corpse poetry (where students build their poem together, one line at a time (while only able to see the prior line)). One student started a piece with just the … Continue reading

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Reason #10: America

— all words sampled from “10 Reasons To Own An AR-15.” on the NRA’s website “America’s 1st Freedom,” published 1 July 2016, but found on their home page on 16 February 2018, and which, in today’s entry said this of an AR-15 … Continue reading

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Reason #9: Shooting

— all words sampled from “10 Reasons To Own An AR-15.” on the NRA’s website “America’s 1st Freedom,” published 1 July 2016, but found on their home page on 16 February 2018.

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Reason #8: Disaster

— all words sampled from “10 Reasons To Own An AR-15.” on the NRA’s website “America’s 1st Freedom,” published 1 July 2016, but found on their home page on 16 February 2018. The unerased reason 8 suggests having maybe two AR-15s for … Continue reading

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Reason #7: Facts

— all words sampled from “10 Reasons To Own An AR-15.” on the NRA’s website “America’s 1st Freedom,” published 1 July 2016, but found on their home page on 16 February 2018.

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Reason #6: use

— all words sampled from “10 Reasons To Own An AR-15.” on the NRA’s website “America’s 1st Freedom,” published 1 July 2016, but found on their home page on 16 February 2018.

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Reason #5: ink

— all words sampled from “10 Reasons To Own An AR-15.” on the NRA’s website “America’s 1st Freedom,” published 1 July 2016, but found on their home page on 16 February 2018.

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Reason #4: un

— all words sampled from “10 Reasons To Own An AR-15.” on the NRA’s website “America’s 1st Freedom,” published 1 July 2016, but found on their home page on 16 February 2018.

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Reason #3: each/earn

— all words sampled from “10 Reasons To Own An AR-15.” on the NRA’s website “America’s 1st Freedom,” published 1 July 2016, but found on their home page on 16 February 2018.

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