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There once was a man from Nantucket

By firsttimewriter

Fri, 08 Oct 2010
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A shy girl who dreamed of being a writer,
Finally girded herself to put pen to paper,
She poured out her heart,
Writing to finish from start,
Despite critics’ comments written to spite her.

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