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The griffin is a mighty beast.
A lion, but with wings.
It livens up the dullest verse
like many mystic things.

And Pegasus can do the same
(that’s wings upon a horse).
But neither creature helps with rhymes
which go from bad to worse.

——
Three Word Story

“You don’t understand your power over the common man,” said Alistair Campbell.

The words seemed to echo endlessly around their cell. Digging a tunnel had proved fruitless and oddly phallic. Finding a vein…

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