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(buzzfeeding, kickstarting, needling darn noggin) An effort to recall word, phrase, musician... indigenous tribe... most frustrating literary endeavor to das scribe aggravating enough to sub bourbon spur teetotaler to imbibe and/or nsync, whereby soul searching devil's advocate demands bribe. Lil brokeback Engelbert Humperdinck (born Arnold George Dorsey) bent edict coercion (think sexual mores) scaring stripes off blushing zebra bunched unencumbered vice pliable straw aforementioned pablum admittedly "fake" birthed within cerebral tenderloin of impractical joker, whereby fifty plus shades of gray matter (mine) chafed and rubbed raw prevarication playfully did overdraw and tax poetic license writ courtesy this paw poor putz offal declension sprouted within mum maw noun tent to verb (bull eyes - red) to draw flak, but merely to harmlessly entertain so accept apologies (mine) verses calling strong (lanced) arm of law. I (garden variety poetaster) reckon fair game media personalities grist for rumor mill, though lame explanation given (funny first and surname) adopted by supposed "finest middle-of-the-road balladeers around," who co opted his stage name from authentic Engelbert Humperdinck; selfsame prodigy circa 1 September 1854 – 27 September 1921 German composer, who wrote, I gently exclaim the opera Hansel and Gretel - a Grimm fairytale actually frightful saga - read countless times setting me boyhood imagination aflame with mailer daemons, who haunted dreams (mine) 'course in retrospect material tame compared/contrasted with current pandemic analogous as if mother Earth - a metaphorical dame experiencing long overdue reprieve, cuz shame on *****sapiens belching pollutants at any price to garner fortune and fame.

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Date: 4/13/2020 9:23:00 AM
Hi Matthew: Congrats on a beautiful poem!
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Date: 4/12/2020 12:30:00 PM
- Congratulations on your top winning poem, Matthew :) - // Anne-Lise :)
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