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# Slant
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- Published: 2022-07-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-07-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: the past: a noble discipline no shortage of disciples what do they hope to learn, to glean from all its former cycles? I asked a past participle a has been, for some comments the answer, inadmissible though not lackin...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Short Poem, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

the past: a noble discipline  
no shortage of disciples  
what do they hope to learn, to glean  
from all its former cycles?  
I asked a past participle  
a has been, for some comments  
the answer, inadmissible  
though not lacking in commas