Thus, much Unjust
still leaves Nonplussed,
I am the contrarian today. I like this for its striking rhyme, and I don't find the syntax all that troubling. Using an adjective for a noun, or omitting the copula, is not unheard of; I read "much [that is] Unjust" without difficulty. And I'm intrigued by the decision I have to make in the next line: is it "me," the N., or the impersonal "one" I should fill in before "Nonplussed"?
My full disclosure is that I've been reading Berryman's Dream Songs and am currently in love with weird grammar and pleased with the small challenges of working it out. Standard syntax, like standard capitalization, would make this poem less interesting.
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