omg Anna -- beautifully annotated for human consumption! Yes, as Al Swearengen so eloquently put it (although he was talking of his entrepreneurial pursuits of course): "Sometimes I wish we could just hit em over the head, rob em, and throw their bodies in the creek" -- That would add almost a violent streak to brevity - probably not in the spirit of poetry however -- but rules are meant to be broken, right? ...or is it not broken? ¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯ Who cares - I'm breaking them...but without the need for jail time...or any type of rehabilitation. Besides, it might cut the word-count down to unfavorable proportions! I am impressed by your intimate understanding of stuff Anna - aka Shakespeare...and those boarding passages which seem to miraculously float in open space...as vulnerable as a Chinese dam in a monsoon, I say! Awesome article & tune Anna!