One of the "oh of course" irritations I've run into and should have seen coming is that I'm turning up newly viral "old" poems about previous epidemics that claim to be from the 1800s or 1918, which I can immediately recognize are thoroughly contemporary writing.
I guess that's the occasional poetry equivalent of attributing all inspirational quotes to Abraham Lincoln, but jeez.
(I am fascinated how people always want things to be older than they are, as a guarantee of authenticity.)
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Date: 2021-02-03 03:55 am (UTC)I guess that's the occasional poetry equivalent of attributing all inspirational quotes to Abraham Lincoln, but jeez.
(I am fascinated how people always want things to be older than they are, as a guarantee of authenticity.)
I'm glad your brain levels are coming back up.