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THE BOOK OF POEMS THE POEMS OF THE SON OF ABITCH WRITTEN BY HIS OWN HAND, UPON PAPYRUS The son of Abitch's poems, once thought lost, are discovered by a Nephite named Philippians. The poems inspire Philippians. They were abridged by Zelph in his leather plates. The poem scrolls were damaged in a casino fire. The poems in this book are the ones that weren't burned. The sixth poem has chiasmus. CHAPTER 1 Zelph abridges the first poem of the son of Abitch. The son of Abitch loves poetry. [Date Unknown] 1. A poet am I, for I love poetry, but my father desires me not to be. 2. But yea, like unto a bird, I fly free, and this land doth divide my father from me. 3. Like unto a wall is the great sea, and it keepeth my father from stopping me. 4. Even stopping me from writing poetry, and a poet am I, for I love poetry. |
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