The discernment of ripeness. One tugs on a pineapple spear to see if it comes loose in the hand. If so, it it ripe & ready.
Kindly tell me if you know the gesture which determines a poem is ripe & ready.
Truth to tell, truth has much in common with the word "probably."
(H. cont.)
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Beleagured endeavors seemed a fortitude away
To escape the pretense he saw a glimmer
in the middle of the pier