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For John and Paul's Three-Word Haiku/Senryu Challenge
Link to the Challenge:
Americanize
Authoritarianism?
Abominable!
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Note: usually, I would put this under my 'Political' series of haiku, but this began as a response to Harper Lewis' 'Bullet to the Face' entry, and I felt I had to share my work...and her own.
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Kendall Defoe
Teacher, reader, writer, dreamer... I am a college instructor who cannot stop letting his thoughts end up on the page. No AI. No Fake Work. It's all me...
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Accurate
If only this were some kind of untruth or exaggeration, it might sting less! thank you for taking part, and bringing your A-game, sir!
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