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Pharmacy Charm

Latin "Carmen" means a song or charm

By Rob AngeliPublished 3 years ago 1 min read

I know [I] have competitive repetitive

behavior disorder[ly conduct] with

hyperactive extensions

who doesn’t?

but [we’re all] taking our daily dose of karmic medicine

for that generic prescriptive grammar base

all jangling in the carmes

full of c[h]arm

as a maistre’s

haiku

carmines

snakecharmers

texting like millenials

[joglaresque jargon]

joyful as atoms in

democritus

according to rabelais

and

carl sagan

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About the Creator

Rob Angeli

sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt

There are tears of things, and mortal objects touch the mind.

-Virgil Aeneid I.462

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  • Mackenzie Davis2 years ago

    Some of this flew over my head, but I feel the edges. This is marvelous wordplay, Rob! Your genius, as ever, astounds. "I know [I] have competitive repetitive behavior disorder[ly conduct] with hyperactive extensions who doesn’t?" LOL!

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