The Retired Colourman: Cutting

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Title: The Retired Colourman: Cutting
Author: gardnerhill                        
Word Count: 60                     
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: Every poet's met this guy.

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"Two households, both alike in dignity –"

A groundling shouted "Two wealthy families fight, that's all you need say!"

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"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent—"

"'Eighty-seven years ago our country began!'" one Gettysburg visitor called to the tall bearded man.

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"I saw the best minds of my generation–"

"Heroin addicts!" a beatnik howled.