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DELIQUESCE/ACQUIESCE 
(A proofreader's note regarding “deliquesce” and “acquiesce”)

By “deliquesce” and “acquiesce”
A suffix twixt is shared,
The e-s-c-e sameness there
To introduce what's aired.

This ending meaning “to become”
Doth paint ahead a goal;
In “deliquesce,” it's “liquid,” yes;
The other, “quiet” soul.

Thus “acquiesce,” quiescent-sort,
Of “quiet acceptance” tells,
A loath compliance without fuss
Oft featured in its spells.

“Become dissolved” to fluid state
Is “deliquesce” at heart;
To waste away or be destroyed;
To slowly fall apart.

“The contents of the saucer blest
Were left to deliquesce;
She felt she had to acquiesce
Despite the chance of mess.”

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