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Recorded Reading (1:34): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/44g8xwy6h2r9po9dq9cug/Can-t-Give-You-a-Sound-Bite.mp3?rlkey=1zfs4zg0i4hsq7uyvd1y1wij2&st=zxh9s9bh&dl=0

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Can’t Give You a Sound Bite

You’ve posed to me a question
You want a word or two
At best no more
Than three or four
Coming back to you

Want me to choose a slogan
From just two or three
Acceptable
Susceptible
To no further inquiry

Must be this or must be that
There is nothing in between
For it’s no fun
From more than one
Perspective things be seen

I’ve got an answer for you
It would take five minutes, though,
To transmit
The least of it
Which I have come to know

Through dedicated scrutiny
And dilligence of search
Reflection and
All my command
Of rigorous research

I can’t give you a sound bite
But a seminar can
Something which be
Unfortunately
Longer than your attention span

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