EXERCISE: A Phrase in Search of Words...

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Original Posting: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 07:00:07 -0400

She said, "Wes and me are going to catch that frog-snatcher."

There, that's the line.

Let it percolate in your noggin.  Feel the caffeine level rise.  Listen to the little thumpalumpalumpbump of the water popping.

(Can you just imagine the frog-snatcher?)

And then let those words collate, collect, and drip down around the line.

(as for Wes, well, I am sure we all have thoughts about him...:-)

Put together a tale (or a poetry, or an essayery, or a whatchamadingle?) using that line...

Enjoy!

(with thanks to yael, without whom there would be no line.  And just imagine starting this exercise without a line -- wouldn't that be missing the point?)