Connor and Jack talk about the poem "And" by Rae Armantrout. Connor asks, "Why is this a poem?" Jack expounds upon Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, and both burrow deep into the strange roots and meanings of words.

Read the poem below.

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And

By: Rae Armantrout

1

Tense and tenuous

grow from the same root

as does tender

in its several guises:

the sour grass flower;

the yellow moth.

2

I would not confuse

the bogus

with the spurious.

The bogus

is a sore thumb

while the spurious

pours forth

as fish and circuses.