i.e.

Posted at PFFA (verrrry early on).

i.e.

I said it once and I'll say it again,
that is, I will repeat my previous statement:
redundancy, that is, reiteration,
is the beating of a dead horse, that is,
the pounding of some concept into one's skull.

To sum up, repetition, that is,
the aforementioned redundancy,
is the reiteration of a dead horse's
skull. Maybe I should clarify.

I will qualify my statement,
crystallize my thoughts, that is.
I repeat: redundancy, repetition, reiteration,
that is the topic (the theme, that is,
or actually the themes, since they are plural).
Now the topics, yes. What goes over
and over and over and over
and over is redundant or repetitive,
often said of a droning orator,
that is, a monotonous speaker.

Clear? No? What? Oh.

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An ancient one from my notebooks. Old immature poems are either burnable or frameable. This leans toward framing since I find it cohesive and focused. I still get a chuckle out of it.