Writing poems in Spanish is also interesting, because my vocabulary has decreased exponentially over the last three year or so of my not speaking any Spanish at all. So my poems have a weird limitation to them. The only thing I have to watch out for is their Lorca-ization. References to gypsies, horses, oranges, and guns must be painstakingly excised. Once they invade, it is very hard to get them out.
I'm writing navy base poems at an amazing clip. Mostly this is because we have writing training today at work, which means it's just me, my legal pad, and 10,000 pounds of mind-crushing boredom. Therefore, I delve into my navy base childhood to keep my head from imploding. All around me are people nodding and looking interested in the presentation. How? Why? I know not, and must soon return for another three hours of writing training. Ye gods.
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