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Day 15


20. Care and Feeding of Positive Thinkers

"Winning the public's collective mind over to confidence is a monumental task, yet industry leaders seem to be succeeding." --Tide.

Americans were

pretty well discredited as

coping with problems

seemed to be enjoying a revival.

In almost every

newspaper

reassuring pronouncements

despite the

new wave of

"Exit Fear"

filling the air

and behind it all , much

exuberant chest beating.


This erasure poem is from the book The Hidden Persuaders. I have completed other chapter title pages over the years as way to practice erasure poetry without the pressure of a larger project (e.g. my dictionary erasure poetry project).

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