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Epiphanies

Posted on April 18, 2015 by robert okaji

Epiphanies

What greater doubt
than if

preceding only,
or hope cascading through the withheld
unspoken phrase?

Or the conditional, as it slows to place
an obstacle in its very own
path. If only I could

I would deny its existence,
but the conjunctive

bears blame as well,
though nothing’s put before

the preposition (which one
would certainly never end with).

43 thoughts on “Epiphanies”

Mary Tang on April 18, 2015 at 2:10 pm said:

Yikes! Grammar and never-to-be-used words! Thank God I’m a poet.

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- robert okaji on April 18, 2015 at 2:50 pm said:
  
  We don’t need no stinkin’ rules!
  
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cote8050 on April 18, 2015 at 2:12 pm said:

good one!!!

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- robert okaji on April 18, 2015 at 2:50 pm said:
  
  Thank you. It just popped out…
  
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navasolanature on April 18, 2015 at 3:48 pm said:

Some clever connections and quite poetic!

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- robert okaji on April 18, 2015 at 3:57 pm said:
  
  Thank you.
  
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Ron on April 18, 2015 at 5:43 pm said:

Yeah, it’s purty good, Bob……….but……….I don’t understand who those “conjunctive bears” are blaming and………..for what? ** 🙂 **

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robert okaji on April 18, 2015 at 6:06 pm said:

They’re the ones with the pink, watering eyes. They blame everyone. For anything. Even you.

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- Ron on April 18, 2015 at 9:45 pm said:
  
  Then they’re ok by me. I can relate to those pink, watering eyes.
  
  Ron — Whose eyes, after cataract surgery on both eyes still give him trouble. “Just say NO”!
  
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  - robert okaji on April 18, 2015 at 9:50 pm said:
    
    Tell that to the bears.
    
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    - Ron on April 18, 2015 at 9:58 pm said:
      
      I can’t. They won’t listen anyway…they just can’t bear to listen to an old man whose eyes are crying. ((groan)) ** 🙂 **
      
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  - robert okaji on April 18, 2015 at 10:01 pm said:
    
    You’re right, Ron. It probably wouldn’t work out. Even I can BARELY understand you.
    
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    - Ron on April 18, 2015 at 10:14 pm said:
      
      Here we go again…that one was so bad, it would give ANYONE pause (paws). *g*
      
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  - robert okaji on April 18, 2015 at 10:16 pm said:
    
    Just don’t bring in their conjunctive claws. Groan. There. I did it for you. 🙂
    
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    - Ron on April 18, 2015 at 10:22 pm said:
      
      With your penchant for conjunctions, you could have conjunctivitis. (Please stand for the Texas State Anthem — The Eyes of Texas.)
      
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- Jeff Schwaner on April 18, 2015 at 9:45 pm said:
  
  Did someone say conjunctive beers? If only…
  
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  - robert okaji on April 18, 2015 at 9:50 pm said:
    
    Now that’s something I could lift a glass to!
    
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Ellespeth on April 18, 2015 at 6:49 pm said:

😛
Ellespeth

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Jin Okubo on April 18, 2015 at 8:54 pm said:

Reblogged this on Jin Okubo.

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- robert okaji on April 18, 2015 at 9:37 pm said:
  
  Thanks for reblogging!
  
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gourafotadar on April 18, 2015 at 10:00 pm said:

My goodness: this is great!

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- robert okaji on April 18, 2015 at 10:04 pm said:
  
  Glad you like it. Thank you.
  
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gourafotadar on April 18, 2015 at 10:01 pm said:

Reblogged this on gourafotadar and commented:
Again matching my comment: “My goodness this is great!”

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- robert okaji on April 18, 2015 at 10:04 pm said:
  
  Thanks for reblogging!
  
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lavanyasaxena on April 19, 2015 at 12:45 am said:

Reblogged this on lavanyasaxena.

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- robert okaji on April 22, 2015 at 1:09 pm said:
  
  Thanks for reblogging this. I don’t know why, but this was languishing in my spam folder.
  
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lavanyasaxena on April 19, 2015 at 12:47 am said:

An Epiphany

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A Former Prison Librarian on April 19, 2015 at 9:00 am said:

Simply brilliant!

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- robert okaji on April 19, 2015 at 9:36 am said:
  
  Thank you. It was fun to write.
  
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Jilanne Hoffmann on April 19, 2015 at 2:39 pm said:

Thanks for the smile.

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- robert okaji on April 19, 2015 at 2:43 pm said:
  
  The pleasure was entirely mine!
  
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Elle on April 19, 2015 at 5:55 pm said:

clever stand against conformity for us poets 🙂

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- robert okaji on April 19, 2015 at 7:12 pm said:
  
  Glad you like it! Thanks.
  
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tmezpoetry on April 20, 2015 at 2:18 am said:

…and to think I missed the conjuction junction hehe. Loved the poem.

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- robert okaji on April 20, 2015 at 12:39 pm said:
  
  Don’t worry. It’ll come around again.
  
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Sherrie de Valeria on April 20, 2015 at 4:28 am said:

I got Loads of grammar mistakes! But what is life if we stop learning, isn’t it? hehe … 🙂

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- robert okaji on April 20, 2015 at 12:40 pm said:
  
  I hope to never stop learning!
  
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Larry Kahaner on April 20, 2015 at 11:03 am said:

You’re right. Never end a sentence with a preposition. It’s not good to.

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- robert okaji on April 20, 2015 at 12:34 pm said:
  
  Ha!
  
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tmezpoetry on May 4, 2015 at 9:33 am said:

Love it!

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- robert okaji on May 4, 2015 at 9:41 am said:
  
  Thank you, Tammy!
  
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