"No Ideas But in Things"

So wrote William Carlos Williams. We're going to test his proposition. Each student will select a big, abstract noun -- society, love, hate, country, etc. -- and then write a short (250-word) scene or prose poem (in the style of Forche, Bly, etc.) that defines or illustrates it, with this additional proviso: the student can use the chosen word itself no more than three times in the scene or poem. The scenes should be posted as Comments.