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Entries to Express It In Eight from September 2020 to the present .
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April 24, 2023 at 11:04am
April 24, 2023 at 11:04am
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John Cage

“Begin at the beginning,” the king said, very gravely, “and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”
Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland

“Begin anywhere,” said John Cage
as well he might,
the man with a blank page
and ambient sounds in the night.

I wonder why he bothered at all
an opening to imply,
since random sounds he knew would fall
in the silence he supplied.


Line count: 8
Rhymed abab
For Express It In Eight, 04.24.23
Prompt: “Begin anywhere.” – John Cage.


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