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As a student and English teacher, I had enjoyed Apostrophe as a literary device, happily pointing out the “animation” in such works as Shelley’s Ode to the West Wind. Until Johnson’s reading, I separated the aesthetic from the political. But…
Brook’s Mother hit me hard in the chest. Though I believe that words are important politically (we had to fight to replace chairman with chair), I had not realized how political this single literary device is.

The freedom to choose is necessary, but Brook’s poem shows how choice is not free - without ramification ( political or emotional).

As you wrote, on a happier note, thank you to you and Matos for your response to my sculpture statement. I was surprisingly nervous awaiting reaction in your postings.