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Lovely writing! I'm still waiting for the connections between the different elements to come together in my mind. The beautiful images by Andy Duback add a lot to the beautiful, distant tone of this.

"This little troupe of bachelors waiting for their own harem, but they’re submissive to the top dog:" I think we may have seen this sometimes in politics? But I can't put my finger on where.

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Oct 5, 2023Liked by <Mary L. Tabor>

Hoping for a stumble forward and out of the gate.

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This, and the chapter 18 https://marytabor.substack.com/p/something-old-for-something-new-chapter I've just read in the early hours of my day, and I'm moved by the essence of them. I want to fight for you, to shout at those men, to tell them to fuck off and celebrate the beauty of woman that is you.

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Josh beat me to it. That was WCW's unpublished sequel: The Lover's Lament in Syllogism. But listen, I'd need therapy too if my name was WAR EMBLEM and everyone was in my business like that.

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Love the syllogisms at the end. Perfect example of how to let the essay finish in the reader!

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