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    Poetic Licence
    Poetic Licence
    Poetic Licence
    Ebook98 pages29 minutes

    Poetic Licence

    By Mike Alfred

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    I can, said the creator, I can / offer, he said, only a life. Just / the spark to the starter motor, / a puff, a squeak and I m done. / Life is all I can give you. Haven t / you realised that I m an experimenter, / not an insurance salesman? So you / see, survival, survival is up to you; / it s your adventure. I can t guarantee / silk stockings, an apartment in Manhattan, / or pure intentions. But here s a word of / advice: don t put too much store in the words of / politicianseconomistsparentsteachersbossesexpertsbureaucratsmarketers, / they re purveyors of an obscene accumulation of / useless cant...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBotsotso Publishing
    Release dateDec 31, 2007
    ISBN9781990922268
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