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#225: aposiopesis

1/20/2016

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started my thesis
but aposiopesis
subverts my aegis
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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:
  1. Rhetoric. a sudden breaking off in the midst of a sentence, as if from inability or unwillingness to proceed.
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