Challenge
Simply Stated
“The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms.” ~George Orwell
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In the spirit of being more concise, please inspire me. Submit your most creative entry USING ONLY SINGLE SYLLABLE WORDS. Any topic, any format. Bonus cool points if you can cleverly state your case for polysyllable superiority while adhering to the rule! :)
Hold It In
Don't waste lung
On long words.
Just one breath.
More time to think
In the pause.
The word "she,"
one gasp.
Let that be
The last of my words,
One breath out
To sum up,
All of them.
And all I meant.
is held close
Till lungs
Lay dry,
Till dust
forms a view,
Of her.
And I will have held
All of it
In me,
Like calm
While I rest.
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