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"We read, we read" they say "evER-y-day!"

Say my gen., who've time for novels

.................but little for poetry.

The denser the text, shorter the wordcount;

there's not much in a few pages

.................to brag about.

Of indecorous Villon, pushy Catullus, and steady John Donne

big-hearted Du Fu, muck-loving Basho, or even whimpering Novalis

.................they'll have little or none.

Short and steep; long and casual;

That people go where others lead

.................Is it so unusual?