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The Work Song of C. Elise

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Reading Time: 4 minutes This is my homage to T.S. Eliot’s poem, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock“. If you have not read “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock“, leave this post and go do that.  If you have read it, I hope you enjoy my version of it.  I am not claiming to be original, here. The structure, rhythm, desperation, and any beauty at all are Eliot’s.  Most of the words, the shift in desire, and the …

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Hi, I'm Caitlan. Welcome to Pretty Tacky, my essay collection. Get ready to read about a DWI on a riding lawn mower and family on the Jerry Springer show. When I'm not writing about growing up a heathen hick, I write about immigrating to a tropical oven abroad and job hopping from archaeologist to teacher to translator to corporate copywriter. I can't commit 'cause I'd just rather be writing, baby. Can you relate?

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