Tag: life
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Interrobang: The Soap Opera
Interrobang: The Soap Opera April 2006 “I know those dogs! I know this baby! Hello!!!” the woman chirped excitedly, quickening her steps and looking at my child in the stroller with delight in her eyes. As her gaze shifted to me, she queried “Are you the new nanny?”In an instant, my body learned the meaning…
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Why Interrobang?!
Why Interrobang?! An interrobang is this punctuation mark: ?! Interro for question, bang because in the old timey days an exclamation point was called a bang. I loved the word the second I heard it, because it is the perfect blend of huh? and WHAT! I feel that word in my soul. Interrobang is an…
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Interrobang Poem – ?!
Interrobang Poem Cognitive dissonancewith a twist?And a spike!Or is it a dagger?! Twisting around in the folds of my brain,the spike is vodka, or is it tequila…Clarity.Dissonant clarity.Dagger twists and slashes open the foldswhich I have fought so hard to keep shuttered. Victorian shuttersconceal the madwoman in the attic.They fly open from time to time;flames…
