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So Fortunately Unfortunately


When in written
English or American
I can thus find
A poem that does
Not at all use:
The, of, and, to, a, in,
That, is, I, it, for
And of course "as"
Nor does such
A rare poem ever rhyme
It is then
In awe
I shall softly wheeze
The often used
African word
W   O   W !



                                        Rabat, Morocco
                                        16 January 1989

Written by Ted Joans (1928-2003)

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