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November 30, 2013

"Happy 178, Mark Twain!" [by Anthony Madrid via Facebook]

MARK TWAIN (11/30/1835)

Mark Twain, Mark Twain, Mark Twain, Mark Twain.
He lost | his voice, | so can’t | complain.

He spoke | of rea | son to | the Dane.
Mark Twain, Mark Twain, Mark Twain, Mark Twain.

☎

Mark Twain, Mark Twain, Mark Twain, Mark Twain
Rela | ted how | the King | of Spain

In mad | ness hath | Polo | nius slain.
Mark Twain, Mark Twain, Mark Twain, Mark Twain.

☎

Mark Twain, Mark Twain, Mark Twain, Mark Twain:
His oc | cupa | tion to | be plain,

In thun | der, light | ning or | in rain.
Mark Twain, Mark Twain, Mark Twain, Mark Twain.

☎

Mark Twain, Mark Twain, Mark Twain, Mark Twain.
The book | and vol | ume of | my brain!

Ado | nis smiles | as in | disdain.
Mark Twain, Mark Twain, Mark Twain, Mark Twain.

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Posted by on November 30, 2013 at 11:04 AM in Birthday Poems |

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from New and Selected Poems by David Lehman

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