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Bent as an Arrow.(Poem)
BENT AS AN ARROW Straight lines may look perfect on paper but All finally fail, veer or peter out. Find a line infinite in rectitude? Pope-to-God, priests quickly offer, but doubt This vertical too, words so fallible Reverse-charge calls tending to cramp one's clout. Going straight, straight-up, straight-talking, being -faced, -laced, sexually inclined or bent ... See? All lines curve covertly off the page. Nature vetoed lineals, each try rent By reach or time, relieved to deviance Of the richest random ...
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