Can ask-publicites write stories just like Dr. Seuss, or would that be like sticking my head in a noose?

Can ask-publicites write stories just like Dr. Seuss, or would that be like sticking my head in a noose?
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answer:You can ask your dad, You can ask your mother You can ask anyone Who lives on ask-public. The pentameter is bad The rhyming even worse When you get silly poets Trying to write verse. We could go for stanzas, Trying to be witty But the product of our work Will turn out really shitty.
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