A Wise Ahem, A Soft Demurring Cough

Today we thought we’d be

as thoughtful as we thoughtfully

could be. Avoiding sophistry,

we’d weigh each way of looking

at a thing until we’d plucked it

like a soup-bound chicken wing.

With furrowed brows, and sighs --

we’d now and then emit a wise

ahem, a soft demurring cough.

We think we brought it off.

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