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Oh, Edgar Poe
The first time I read your letter
I wondered…couldn’t you say this better?
If not better, then at least shorter
That’s not a request…that’s an order
Oh, Edgar Poe, write me…nevermore

Oh, Edgar Poe, write me…nevermore
I’m sorry but I find you a bore (don’t want to hear about a corpse in the floor)
You’re all lather and froth
And frankly, I’m not into goth
Oh, Edgar Poe, write me…nevermore

Tendentious, portentous, and craven
The only one who’ll listen’s a raven
Don’t you find it a little absurd
To admit in writing that your best friend’s a bird
Oh, Edgar Poe, write me…nevermore
A girl…wants to go to the dance
Less torture porn…more romance
Surely it’s in your powers to see it’s better to start with flowers?

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from Bushwick Book Club Presents Edgar Allen Poe, released January 2, 2013

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The Bushwick Book Club Brooklyn, New York

We started in January 2009 playing songs written in response to Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions. We haven't stopped since. We've written & performed songs inspired by everything from "On The Origin of Species" to Dr. Seuss to Raymond Carver. There are BBCs popping up nationwide now. Bushwick Book Club Seattle started in 2010 & is run by Geoff Larson. Our nerdy dare-devilry knows no bounds. ... more

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