Oulipost #28: MELTING SNOWBALL

April 28, 2014

The Prompt: A text in which each word has one letter less than the preceding one, and the last word only one letter. From your newspaper, select a starting word, and then continue adding words of decreasing length from the same source article or passage.

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Just One More Brick in the Wall

 

Understanding

romanticized

reactionary

propaganda,

educators

disagree.

Society

should

think:

True.

Who

am

I?

 

Source: Stone, Victor. “LETTER: Former police officer’s stance on guns surprising.” courierpress.com. Evansville Courier & Press. Web. 28 April 2014.

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With Interest

 

Scholarships?

Necessities

beforehand.

Education

payments,

college

degree,

crazy

debt.

Owe,

do

I.

 

Source: Ramsey, Dave. “Dave says: Retirement funding comes before kids’ college.” courierpress.com. Evansville Courier & Press. Web. 28 April 2014.

 

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