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Today's Mixed Metaphor

Today’s Mixed Metaphor

Today’s mixed metaphor (slightly abridged): “…rooted in his environmental law work, has ballooned into a ‘juggernaut,’ that has raked in funding and followers as Kennedy used his star power to open doors.” – Petula Dvorak in The Washington Post, today. .. as the New Yorker used to remark about things like this, “Block That Metaphor !”

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Today's Mixed Metaphor

Today’s Mixed Metaphor

Today’s mixed metaphor (slightly abridged): “…rooted in his environmental law work, has ballooned into a ‘juggernaut,’ that has raked in funding and followers as Kennedy used his star power to open doors.” – Petula Dvorak in The Washington Post, today. .. as the New Yorker used to remark about things like this, “Block That Metaphor !”

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"Flesh and Air" / Memorable Fancies #4230

“Flesh and Air” / Memorable Fancies #4230

[“Celebrating the marriage / of flesh and air.” – Wallace Stevens]        “Let me touch your heart,” she said, knife at the ready.

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"Flesh and Air" / Memorable Fancies #4230

“Flesh and Air” / Memorable Fancies #4230

[“Celebrating the marriage / of flesh and air.” – Wallace Stevens]        “Let me touch your heart,” she said, knife at the ready.

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What a life !

What a life !

Take a look at https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/01/05/pupetta-maresca-dies/

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What a life !

What a life !

Take a look at https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/01/05/pupetta-maresca-dies/

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All Rains Have an Umbrella

All Rains Have an Umbrella

Finding it, however, ….

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All Rains Have an Umbrella

All Rains Have an Umbrella

Finding it, however, ….

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"Destroy the Machines"

“Destroy the Machines”

“Destroy the machines!” – But in these cries we heard machines’ own harsh voice, as rasping metal sounds scraped unlikely air by Terence Kuch – permission to reprint if credited

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"Destroy the Machines"

“Destroy the Machines”

“Destroy the machines!” – But in these cries we heard machines’ own harsh voice, as rasping metal sounds scraped unlikely air by Terence Kuch – permission to reprint if credited

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"My Law Is My Self" / Memorable Fancies #4228

“My Law Is My Self” / Memorable Fancies #4228

[“If it is said that God proceeds according to eternal laws, that too fits me, since I too cannot get out of my skin, but have my law in my whole nature, in myself.” – Max Stirner]        Some have said this makes me a kind of slave, bound in chains.        But no; I have conquered my chains by understanding that the slave I called “me,” before my revelation, is just another “you.”

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"Hypothesis-makers" / Memorable Fancies #4227

“Hypothesis-makers” / Memorable Fancies #4227

[“the most distinguished maker of hypotheses was Philistion.” – William Graham Sumner] … At least that’s my hypothesis. Those less distinguished than I may have differing hypotheses. // “books Terence Kuch” on Google or Amazon will lead you to more writing from a naturally curly mind. //

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"The Demand" / Memorable Fancies #4226

“The Demand” / Memorable Fancies #4226

[“Are they moving because of sound? I asked myself. / and where are they going? To wherever sound orders them?” – Roberto Bolaño] What is that sound, then, so loud? It is a voice, but without words. It seems to be a command, but to do what? Now it is louder, impatient. It threatens, demands that we understand its demands. How can we understand, without words? But then there are words. We…

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"The Beginning" / Memorable Fancies #4225

“The Beginning” / Memorable Fancies #4225

[“When he staggers out into a world not his own, he discovers that the people in it live in mutual longing and jeopardy. This discovery is the beginning of passion.” – Roberto Mangabira Unger] … the beginning of truth, the beginning of … Dread … //”books Terence Kuch” on Google or Amazon will lead you to more writing from a naturally curly mind.//

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"The Dark Side" / Memorable Fancies #4224

“The Dark Side” / Memorable Fancies #4224

[“She put forth / her phantom hands and said: paint the dark side.” – Gabriel Levin]        I said, turn your hands over so I can see their bright side, what you might have been.        She said, here – paint these black, too.

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"My Pleasure" / Memorable Fancies #4223

“My Pleasure” / Memorable Fancies #4223

[“She made quick work of pleasure.” – Camille Dungy]        My pleasure was her work. For which I paid; at first, not enough. Later, too much.

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"My Pleasure" / Memorable Fancies #4223

“My Pleasure” / Memorable Fancies #4223

[“She made quick work of pleasure.” – Camille Dungy]        My pleasure was her work. For which I paid; at first, not enough. Later, too much.

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