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Rough

around the edges

By Harper Lewis Published about a month ago • 1 min read
Rough
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Can you imagine me

having conversations

about china patterns,

being pretentious about

the tournament and genealogy

in lipstick and chartreuse?

Wearing a corsage?

Lace gloves?

Oops, I didn’t R.S.V.P.

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About the Creator

Harper Lewis

Intrusive rhyme bothers me, except as a weapon.

Intertextuality is my passion.

Formalist/ New Critical are my guiding theories.

My words are mine, not a robot’s.

MA English literature, CofC

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    Written by Harper Lewis