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Batty

by Shel Silverstein

Shel Silverstein

The baby bat
Screamed out in fright,
'Turn on the dark,
I'm afraid of the light.'




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I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense... I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash

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