Poem: A Ditty (with Apologies to Ogden Nash)
William Shakespeare wrote King Lear
Lacking a computer.
Toiling ‘gainst the author’s fear
Cordelia turned out cuter.
The moral of the story?
Go for truth, not glory.
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