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I'm not sure if the twist ending here is too subtle. I didn't think so at first, but a clever student of mine didn't catch it the first time around. She is well-read for her age, and she recognized the reference before the end of the first stanza, but the last one went over her head. Any thoughts?
07:58 PM - Mar 03, 2023
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09:52 PM - Feb 12, 2023
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Thomas Edison went to town
Buying up inventors,
Drove Nick Tesla to the grave
And called himself Nick's mentor.

Fuck you Musk and fuck you Zuck,
Fuck both Gates and Apple,
Fuck Bezos and all the rest
Who follow Tom's example.
11:53 PM - Feb 03, 2023
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They call the white stuff "no."
People look at it and say, "Look! It's no!"
Then they swear.

But sometimes there's cool tracks in it.
08:24 PM - Feb 03, 2023
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They came trip-trapping, trip-trapping over my bridge.
Poem here:
https://patmkessler.substa...
#goats #studentloans #loans #Poetry
10:09 AM - Feb 03, 2023 (Edited)
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Pauls and Rons and Ryans and Rands
Sold their country to build their brands
Jims and Teds and Kevins and Dons
Clutched their pearls to sell their cons.
12:39 AM - Feb 03, 2023
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When the girl went missing, we searched for a night and a day.
We knew the woods and the streams and the wells.
We left our work. I left the chapel. We scoured the hills.
We never found her.

https://open.substack.com/...
11:28 PM - Feb 02, 2023
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Why is the world in love again? Why are we marching hand in hand?
#tmbg
10:32 PM - Feb 02, 2023
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Dog tax. Dougal the jindo adores chasing anything that moves and loathes being cuddled.
10:01 PM - Feb 02, 2023
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