a stretch of sibilant sounds seeks expression so soon I

succumb to the seductive ease of similar sounds as the

esses spill across the stream, like stepping stones

situated in such proximity to simplify the successful

search for the other shore, so to speak, in

consciousness

 

"Enough alliteration!", he intoned even as he

acknowledged his inability to inhabit an instant

incorporating a lack of it

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The Wizard of Oz, himself wouldn't wound me so, even in

his overblown approach to awe-inspiring special effects.

He would offer an escape, even as he reapproached

Kansas by balloon, crossing over from dreamland to

heartland.