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Entries to Express It In Eight from September 2020 to the present .
#1037404 added September 6, 2022 at 2:15pm
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Unusual Words
Unusual Words

Oh, to have the confidence
(which requires, of course, the cognizance),
in conversation rootless,
to use the word “hubris.”

It’s like the word “percipient,”
landing on the recipient
with force to make one humble
and all defences crumble.



Line count: 8
Rhymed couplets
For Express It In Eight, 09.06.22
Prompt: Hubris.


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