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Papa Pepper

!Papa Pepper! one day a farmer woke planted peppers in the ground peppers that the throat could choke hotter ones could not be found !PAPA PEPPER! every day the farmer weeded, waited wisely, watched, and watered there was nothing that they needed every tongue was by them slaughtered !PAPA PEPPER! every day they grew and grew and got so healthy and so big that the farmer simply knew they’d be enough to kill a pig !PAPA PEPPER! then one day the farmer eyed them said, ”they’re ripe enough to pick” but of course he hadn’t tried them for they’d surely make him sick !PAPA PEPPER! so he picked ‘em off the plant and dumped ‘em in his wagon back and he said, “I surely can’t come home until I’ve sold the snack” !PAPA PEPPER! so he set off on the trail with his peppers that were hot and he planned to make a sale get some moola on the spot !PAPA PEPPER! when he finally reached the town though it was dark and all was still so he slumbered by a willow at the tip-top of a hill !PAPA PEPPER! when he woke up in the morning he saw far-away a man so he got up quickly walking with his evil selling plan !PAPA PEPPER! the farmer met him saying,”Hey ya wanna buy some peppers now?” answered he, “woohoo oh yay, I’ll surely buy if you’ll allow” !PAPA PEPPER! so he sold him three big peppers hot enough to burn a cow and said, “good luck with your peppers hot enough to learn a sow” !PAPA PEPPER! then the fool ate all three peppers there was no river nearby loudly he cried, “PAPA PEPPER! save me quick before I die!” !PAPA PEPPER! though he lived to tell the tale he had learned his lesson well never again would he fail to avoid the spicy spell !PAPA PEPPER!

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Date: 7/5/2017 3:14:00 AM
This is a great poem, and it is fun. You could say this is a narrative in Quatrain form. If I am allowed one suggestion? Do not use the papa pepper line between every stanza. If you leave it out, and instead use a white line, I think the poem would be even better :) Welcome to PoetrySoup.
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