NaPoWriMo 2025, day 29: dubya cee dubya feat. pee jay eff

the one was born in eighteen eighty three

the other hoosiered in in nineteen nine

the one wrote chock-full, threadbare poetry

the other science fiction full of wine

the one was a physician whose ennui

had made him write “the use of force” and mine

the lode of image for fresh things to see

and glory in the everyday and shine

the other built his worlds with filigree

façades of yearning backed by painted pine

and resurrected legend/history

and swift imagineering on the vine

both had hispanic middle names

agree

on facets

realistic

that entwine

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The two deceased-yet-immortal beings are William Carlos Williams and Philip José Farmer.