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Just Ask Fred



6ix million guns sold in
7eventeen days
A nother movie cutter
Murdered today

Who wisht this bloodshed
On the children of sandy
Need a gun
Your neighbor has one
handy
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Submitted on June 21, 2017

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Scheme XXXX XABBA
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 187
Words 30
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 5

David Ehrgott

There are two types of words in the english language. A: the written word and B: the spoken word. There once was a time that they mirrored each other. Unfortunately, the higher learning schools today concentrate on what makes them the most money. Which is: professional sports learning. Thus, destroying what once was a proper education. Since the spoken word will now never reflect the written word, we must change the written word to reflect the spoken word. Because people just don't talk like dat no mo'. more…

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