Too many words, too many
Adjectives, too many notes.
In theory, I understand
Why critics praise a clean style.
Simpler is better. But, but
Simplicity and genius
Only appear together
When admirable restraint
In one dimension supports
Baroque indulgence somewhere.
Elmore Leonard went swimming
In rollers of violence.
Even Oscar Wilde favored
Ornate rooms of white on white.
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