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When I was a child I use to wish I could be a poet. / I would sit up at night and "study," / Memorizing the dictionary to bolster (Websters Pg. 142) my lexicon (Oxford Pg. 468) of applicable (New English Pg. 56) words. / Or I'd try and tie my tongue in twists to taste the untouched tenor of my tone. / / Now I am a poet, / and I wish I could be a child.
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