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    Ode to the Electric Fence I Pissed On
    Ode to the Electric Fence I Pissed On
    Ode to the Electric Fence I Pissed On
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    Ode to the Electric Fence I Pissed On

    By Harris Lewis

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    Humorous True Story Poems including the shocking title piece.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateJan 12, 2020
    ISBN9781794866294
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      Ode to the Electric Fence I Pissed On - Harris Lewis

      Ode to the Electric Fence I Pissed On

      Ode to the Electric Fence I Pissed On

      By Harris Lewis

      Copyright

      Copyright © 2020 by Harris Lewis

      All rights reserved.

      This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced

      or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of

      the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review or scholarly journal.

      First Printing: 2020

      ISBN 978-1-79486-629-4

      Friar’s Tale Press

      Prologue

      Most of the following poems are true, especially the title poem. You don’t just make that up. In fact: eight of these poems actually happened. Two are conjectures based on headlines of the secretive world of advanced biotechnology. Two are based on real people. Two are ‘pure poetry and one is simply a collection of quotations presented as a poem. Please don’t ask for a dictionary definition of poetry. Finally, The Poem" was written by my dear departed father, who instilled in me a penchant for poetry.

      A brief word on People with Estrogen. This poem was inspired by a young woman at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut who formed

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