ALAN NORDSTROM'S BLOG
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Monday, June 4, 2012
WISE UP!
The metaphor for wisdom that’s most apt
Is one implicit in the term “dope-slapped”:
A brusque adjustment someone wise must make,
Since none of us sleep-walkers is awake.
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ALAN NORDSTROM
Licensed Verse Practitioner anordstrom@rollins.edu