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Failed Poet

Failed poet It is worrying when your mind is electrocuted by overthinking when you know for sure the system is out to get you The man sat naked on his roof as was his want none can deny this common right. They tried to get him down from there, but he insisted they must hear his earth-shattering poems of the sort that make grown men weep, go home make love to their wives, and start a sheep farm in the utter Hebrides. They got him down from the roof by telling him a hall was ready for him to speak, his dog didn't believe this and bit a nurse's ankle. Then it was a morning when many middle-aged men slept in a big room; and in the gray morning light he wondered how come, there were so many failed poets When feeling better, he came to the understanding that poetry is only beneficial for the millions of verse makers who otherwise will take to drink. edited

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