It’sFunToLeaveTheSpacesOut
From the book The Armpit of Doom
It’sfuntoleavethespacesout
ofeverythingyouwrite.
Topackyourwordstogether
isanabsolutedelight.
Atfirstitmayseemhardtodo,
but,afterjustawhile,
you’llfindyoulikecomposing
inthiscleanandcompactstyle.
Andeveryonewhoseesyourwords
willmarvelatyourskill.
They’lltellyouthattoreadyourwork
issomethingofathrill.
Andyou’llbecomesofamous
forthecleverwayyouwrite,
thatyoucouldoutsellJ.K.Rowling
almostovernight.
Andsoonyou’llbeamillionaire;
ofthis,there’slittledoubt,
wheneveryotherbookaround
looks t o t a l l y s p a c e d o u t.
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2012. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 3
Topics: Wordplay
Poetic Techniques: Hyperbole, Punctuation
From the book The Armpit of Doom
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