{WPO.001.01} ____PRETEND "IGNORE ALL RULES"somewhere applied. {WPO.001.02} ____ Just humor me — we know it never does. {WPO.001.03} ____ (By now a hundred people have decried {WPO.001.04} ____ the format of this piece. A thousand "Huh?"s.)
{WPO.001.05} ____Don't underline, or bold, ALL CAP, or rhyme! {WPO.001.06} ____Don't add subtopics when the topics shift! {WPO.001.07} ____To make talk quick-to-skim would be a crime! {WPO.001.08} ____It's never done that way! Don't get us miffed!
{WPO.001.09} ____To not talk like we do is toDISRUPT {WPO.001.10} ____the habits we have long adapted to! {WPO.001.11} ____To place your words like that is to corrupt {WPO.001.12} ____old standards of community toward new!
{WPO.001.13} ____ RIGHT HERE is where CIVILITY kicks in: {WPO.001.14} ____ TO YELL at talking diff'rently's a sin.
{WPO.002.05} ____ BUT AS OBAMA FOUND when he slung "lie" — {WPO.002.06} ____ the echo did not serve to make his case. {WPO.002.07} ____ Desire to issue bullshit firm goodbye {WPO.002.08} ____ should not tempt those with wisdom from wise grace.
{WPO.002.09} ____ OUR EDUCATION does not serve us well. {WPO.002.10} ____ The president's degrees seemed to have missed {WPO.002.11} ____the tactical of RHETORIC. Can't sell {WPO.002.12} ____ one's case to anyone whom you've just dissed.
{WPO.002.13} ____"Death panels" could be mocked with smiling wit. {WPO.002.14} ____No need when gasoline gets poured it's lit.