Under, over, by the clover (words are categorical)

To
Patrick, Clare, Fiona, and Luke

,
who are BEYOND go
od.
—B.P.C.
To the indomitable Spot
—B.G.
Preposition:
A
word that
connects a noun
or pronoun to
other words in a
sentence.

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Ending
with a
preposition
is often where it’s at.
Prepositions
give
direction
Like, doctors rushed
to Rhonda’s wrecked shin.
Or Charlie danced
the Charleston
over on the green,
Across
the way,
toward
Mississippi,

Through
the yard
of
C
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Like, Pau s’l
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Pittsburgh,
way up
there,