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Episode 056 And - Rae Armantrout
2/8/2019
Connor and Jack talk about the poem "And" by Rae Armantrout. Connor asks, "Why is this a poem?" Jack expounds upon Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, and both burrow deep into the strange roots and meanings of words.
Read the poem below. More on Rae Armantrout, here.
And By: Rae Armantrout
1
Tense and tenuous grow from the same root
as does tender in its several guises:
the sour grass flower; the yellow moth.
2
I would not confuse the bogus with the spurious.
The bogus is a sore thumb
while the spurious pours forth
as fish and circuses.