Heatseeking
Keatsian

Deckle-fledged
Reckoning,

Kevlar
Vespers

Frequently
Acetylene,

Tempest-
Whispered

Armored
Charmer,

Titanium
Nightingale.

                —Amit Majmudar

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This article originally appeared in The New Criterion, Volume 40 Number 1, on page 82
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