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| "A is for 'A'!" |
I'd ID, ge-
neric'lly, __(blank)__
man, __(blank)__ plan, __(blank)__ can-...,*
I'd
jot an 'a.' (Jot
'the'...? No wa-a-ay!) Don't
say I can't, young
man!
* Possibly referenced is the
famed palindrome "A man, a plan,
a canal: Panama!"
Poet Poe pens nonsense verse. "Plus...phun," puns Uly, "I disburse." Its gamut runs from spam to worse. The po'sy posted...? Poe's diverse -- most, postcards from his universe, replies to grudges he must nurse. My summary...? Let me be terse: a mitzva, mostly. (Not a curse.)
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