William,
I don't think we need to replicate the General Talk thread here.
Let's please focus on drills and amusement, using this thread for those purposes. The way that many contest-related threads are used: post the results of experiments using the source texts linked in the opening post, comment on those, and not hash out broad polemical arguments pro- or con- the subject of erasure poetry. I don't expect that we can avoid all broader implications of the process, here, but I also don't expect minds will be completely changed regarding the polemical stances toward erasure poetry, and such a replication of the arguments already made in the GT thread will only derail the drill here.
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