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Rim Shot
Poetry

Rim Shot

August 13, 2018August 13, 2018 ascottmeiserLeave a comment

A shout-out

to the common storyteller’s lull:

To each hushed, metacognitive retreat

taken daily to decide whether,

upon re-entering as narrator,

to wrap the story

in the comfortable gauze of a punchline,

or leave it unbound

for some perceived virtue

of raw-rubbed authenticity.

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