Imagined Futures in Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus

The Swiftie and The Scholar · Aug 6, 2026 · 1h 23m

We are back in our Tortured Poets Era with Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus. This song was much-requested and was voted on by our Patreon subscribers. Angela and Uncle Jerry talk through the poem and Uncle Jerry concedes that sometimes we try to find too much meaning in certain images.

Works Cited:

Sadie and Maud – Gwendolyn Brooks

maggie and milly and molly and may – e.e. cummings

[in Just-] – e.e. cummings

Brylcreem commercial

Synecdoche

Sonnet 12 – William Shakespeare

Sonnet 60 – William Shakespeare

Sonnet 73 – William Shakespeare

My Boyfriend’s Back – The Angels

Cold Cold Heart – Hank…