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Book 38 Page 19

The quotation quote

A quotation is often cynical,

a statement often ‘come about by being ‘critical.’

and scrutinizing things by being analytical,

if not merely for the sake of creating the likes of a hypothetical.

And so with this intellectual bent, the quotation is born.

© Written by Dominic John Gill 15/April/2006 www.poetry.net.au  dominicj7@poetry.net.au