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An Assignment in Modernism

April 1, 2013
By kittehjo BRONZE, Gibbs, Missouri
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Books were bad and so was I,
They led me to my demise.
Old enough to know better
But driven by greed,
Knowledge, my prize
It ended
Me.

© Alexis R., Clarkdale, AZ

The author's comments:
My American Literature class was assigned to write a poem in a Modernistic style and this is what I created.
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