My thanks to IT and Rupert.

Read the poem here: https://internationaltimes.it/the-man-and-the-boy-and-the-fish/

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Pompted by: ‘For example, “metal” is pronounced [mɛɾl]; “batter” sounds like [‘bæ.ɾɚ]. (More precisely, both /t/ and /d/ are pronounced as the alveolar tap [ɾ].)’

her swirled
shavings
lie on the
darkened concrete,

these from
an outline pencil
that guides
hues

often less
remembered
but bright within
this moment

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My thanks to IT and Rupert for posting this poem, which you can read here: https://internationaltimes.it/language-abused/

The kind of abusive rhetoric referenced in generic terms is international, but this poem is reflecting specifically on its use in the UK.

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