NONSENSE VERSE

Impact Is Not a Verb

Did your affect effect a defect

Creating criticism to deflect

Aver versus avow, wow

Explain their usage somehow

Will you defer, infer or imply

‘Cause clarity’s the reason why

Shall we gerry-rig or jury-build

Leave latent structure unfulfilled

Ruminate, cogitate and speculate

Perhaps perseverate then hesitate

To take a meeting with our lexicon

Reach out, keynote, before it’s gone      

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