write now
no rhyme
no wit
no shit
it can’t begin
it can’t end
it can only be
quite a pity
when you consider
there is a beginning
and end
to me
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Note: This poem, dating from February 2000 with minor edits in 2021, and originally composed for a graduate-level poetry course, is a mild critique of applying the rhizomatic approach of learning and philosophy to poetry. The gif was archived from Ken Nordine’s website while under construction in 2001. The organic images of the gif are evocative of the theoretical organic structure of the rhizome model.