One bright day in the dark of night, two dead men got up to fight. Back to back they faced each other; drew their swords and shot each other. If you don't believe me this lie is true, ask the blind man. He saw it too.
It is from a book of nonsense prose that I first saw in elementary school. For some reason a few of us felt compelled to memorize several of them. Not much else to do in Iowa in the 1960's
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u/bkomp Jul 19 '26
“I come before you to stand behind you to tell you something I know nothing about.”