Assertion by committee:
double-dare ethos.
Fibbed goodwill,
handshakes. Insider
justice. Know-how
laughter. Mere near
onus, pious quid-pro-
quo-ing. Redeployed
stereotypes—taxing
underdogs. Votes
warped, x’d, yea-yea-
yea’d. Zoopathology.
.
Zoopathology, yea-
yea-yea’d. X’d warped
votes. Underdogs
taxing stereotypes.
Redeployed quid-pro-
quo-ing. Pious onus
near. Mere laughter—
know-how justice insider
handshakes. Goodwill
fibbed ethos. Double-
dare committee
by assertion.
“Alphabetical Order” was first published on December 12, 2017 in The American Scholar.
Copyright 2017 Christine Rhein