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Glossolalia
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Gam: 1. A herd of whales or a social congregation of whalers,
especially at sea. 2. The sound produced by the mastication of soft foods. |
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We race through the thundering Missouri night, our lips moving, muted, luminescent.
Imagining the enormous labile sounds. |
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Ganesh: (Hinduism) The god of wisdom and the remover of
obstacles, depicted as a short fat man with an elephant's head. |
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We howl for one so unlikely we cannot conceive his enormous improbability. |
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Glissade: A controlled slide used in descending a steep
icy or snowy incline. |
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A lifetime after your death, this memory is still a treacherous skid. |
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Glom: 1. (Slang)
To seize; grab. 2. To look or
stare at. |
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So I confiscated you. Your small self is hidden in the eyes of my tongue. |
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Guillemet: Either of a pair of punctuation marks («) or
(») used in some languages, such as French and Russian, to mark the beginning and end of a quotation. |
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«The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.»
-- Blaise Pascal |
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Gyve: A shackle
or fetter. |
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The want of you hobbles me. Let’s start with that.
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2004
Winner, James Wright Poetry Award
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