#225: aposiopesis

1/20/2016

started my thesis
but aposiopesis
subverts my aegis

Er, um, I don't mean to be disrespectful... But isn't this the perfect picture for this poem?

I confess... I looked around for an "appropriate" photo of Sarah Palin, particularly to "honor" the occasion of her endorsing The Donald for President.

This election cycle is going to be a __________________
[insert your word here].

DEFINITION of this 6-syllable noun:

Rhetoric. a sudden breaking off in the midst of a sentence, as if from inability or unwillingness to proceed.

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