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Poem of the week: Simile by Éireann Lorsung

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<p>An elegant reflection on experience and imagination complicates a very familiar figure of speech</p><p><strong>Simile</strong></p><p>How does a simile work?<br>
— Place something next to something<br>
and say, <em>here</em>. (The <em>here</em><em> </em>is where<br>
the somethings touch.) The rainy <br>
night, like Debussy.<br>
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