After reading Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poem "Constantly Risking Absurdity," which explores the poet's daring craft, write about your most absurd personal experience. Describe a single, specific incident that felt ridiculously bold or foolish. Ensure your response is vivid, concise, and captures the essence of absurdity.

 Prompt: My most absurd personal experience is when I was walking my dog one night. We got approached by a wild fox in the middle of the night. I was trying to remain calm and not startle it at all. It didn't seem to be afraid and was sort of friendly. I personally thought it was just curious, but then my dog started to lunge at it and I had to get involved. Looking back, I made the bad decision to let go of my dog's leash and start to try and chase the fox away. Somehow it worked, but I can see now how bad it could've gone.

Summary: Today we read and annotated a new poem.

Reflection: I learned how to better annotate a poem.

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