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Cherry Blossoms in the Abandoned City.

heartsick
from the knowing
black murmuration's freeze
aircraft falling · at the store buy
popcorn

"In this case, the onset of desiccation and death was not instant, and there was a long period of decadent efflorescence in which new arrangements and refinements were made to poetry within the glass vessel of literature." (--Despite its initial nod to Yarvin, worth it for the audio.) I added this comment: Notwithstanding my deep appreciation for the work that has gone into this research, as a practicing poet i have reached a far different conclusion vis-à-vis performing alliterative verse. I think a drum should be used instead, & its beats to occupy the 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠 instead of the half-lines. (One heavy beat before, & two quick beats between.) It puts too much on the audience to discern words that are already unfamiliar, over contrasting sounds. Likewise we are too accustomed to listen to stringed instruments for melodies instead of for rhythms, & find much of our enjoyment in syncopation. (Syncopation in allliterative verse comes from varying many syllables or few to a single half-line, but not varying the beat.) --Still, all should be tried. The important thing is to make poetry in which the sound counts.

A Book I Probably Won't Write.