Day #14 – To Brute

Today’s assignment – Pick up the nearest book and flip to page 29. What’s the first word that jumps off the page? Use this word as your springboard for inspiration. write a letter to the word or an image, or an open letter to the world inspired by the word.

The book I have closest to me is On Her Majesty’s Secret Service by Ian Fleming and thankfully the Kindle App shows page numbers. Here’s page 29:

The one word that jumps out to me was brute. So here’s my letter to the word and I thought I’d do it with a rhyme.

To BRUTE

When I was a kid, you were the first cologne I wore,

Not because I liked you, but you were the cheapest in the store.

Your name invokes images of different things,

Mancho, manly stuff, like boxers in rings.

And even if it’s not pronounced the same way,

You’re mentioned in a popular line scholars often say,

when reading those immortal words, “Et tu, Brute?”

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