August spits and holds

[rayheinrich]

Perhaps the debate of semantics and schools of thought regarding poetry and obfuscation should be relegated to another area.

I'd prefer "elevated" to "relegated" but I don't think it matters a whole
lot as the bird that was in our collective hand has flown off to join the
two in the bush while we were busy flogging our dead horse of a different
color till the cows came home to roost. (I.E. I've said more than
everything I ever wanted say about this and I think we did quite well.)

BUT: If someone wants to set up a different thread for discussing our
relatives that were involved in WWII, I'm game.

Have a Merry Secular Xmas Y'all
Ray

P.S. This just in:
"What's the fun in that. I still haven't found out what the title means.

"Spits and holds" are names for parts used to secure windmills.
"August spits and holds" are old ones that have held up well.
But I haven't the faintest idea what these have to do with the poem.
I guess we've found our meaninglessness just in time.