And, if you'll indulge me in a bit of poetic license, it all started with gefilte fish.

如果允许我用比较诗意的话来表达，那么这一切都是从鱼丸开始的。

To speak of civic religion as religion is not poetic license.

把公民宗教说成宗教并不是诗意的放纵。

You can just use connotation for the sake of poetic license or building a motif.

你可以只是为了诗意的许可或建立一个主题而使用内涵。