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Next poem is based
on the principle,

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"I pun, therefore I am."

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And the poem is
called "The Pack Rat."

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And in this poem,
I compare myself

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to that exemplary creature.

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"The Pack Rat,
collector of lost beads,

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buttons, bird bones, catalog
maker with an eye for glitter,

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litter-lover, entrepreneur of
waste, bits of snail shell,

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chips of jugs, red thread,
blue thread, tin foil, teeth.

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Fair-minded thief, leaving
in my pocket when I slept,

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the pine cone and two nuts
for the dime you stole.

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Reasonable romancer, journeying
more than half a mile

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to meet a mate.

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Split-eared lover
with a broken--

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with a bitten tail
your mate mates rough.

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You last all courtship long.

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You stick around when the brood
comes, unlike most other rats.

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Payer of prices,
busy with no dreams,

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but brain enough to get along.

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Moderate music maker
with moderate powers,

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thumping the drum of frightened
ground with both hind feet,

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or scraping dry leaves
til the still woods chirp.

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Simple screamer, seized
by the owls descent.

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One scream and one
regret, just one.

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Fellow, forbear, survivor.

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Have I lost my way?"

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