Oh, Poe knows he should be working on the poet work he’s shirking,
Whilst the raven still is lurking on the bust above his door.
It’s just 7 Down that keeps our peep from getting any sleep:
“Crusading wife of former Veep? I’m sure I’ve had this one before!”
“But what the devil is a Veep?” he weeps, as lo, the clock strikes four.
Quoth the raven,
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[Text and illustrations from Frankenstein Takes the Cake, copyright © 2008 by Adam Rex, posted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.]
I liked this a lot. Very cool. Thanks for posting this:)
Happy birthday Edgar Allen Poe!
Genius! :)
Adam Rex is clearly the best. The True Meaning of Smekday is one of my favorite books ever and one I recommend to children again and again as a librarian.