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Saddled With Onus of Penury No More Second Plea

bloated girth deceased, not surprisingly packed orotund size appetite conveniently weighted gravity helped fell giant gourmand chowhound demise linkedin automatically tightened neckerchief doubled as noose clothbound neck, the luckless bard dead - poets society he didst cofound oh captain my captain compound suffering no more, departure doth not confound those familiar with ravages of pennilessness although glum spouse doggone bewailing analogous to melancholy coonhound inescapable woebegone travails decompound constituted complex challenges doom also depressed petsmart deerhound four footed friend invisibly yoked, where writings witnessed scrivener daily voluntarily deskbound unsuccessful chicken scratch disbound dispersed newpages feted German, Oriental and American cockroaches courtesy proffered grubhub, wet precipitation courted mildew, and mold beheld fancy feast dumbfound ding maggoty parasites riddled treasure trove discovered earthbound corpse hungry flocking carrion heralded all points of compass - eastbound most popular, hence route crow did house, cutthroat beasty boys aided, devoured, gorged..., among which canine corps elkhound leader of pack tacking course enwound roundabout path barking commands ruff lee didst expound slinked sly as foxes - shushed kindred brothers up ahead wolf gang, thence took faux minute paws aware fresh meat fairground survival of fittest edict woof lee decreed, when sudden thick terrain fogbound not impossible mission, though totally opaque foreground keen sense of smell and hearing aid found dead reckoning, i.e. ground zero.

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