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What Would Mark Twain Say?

What Would Mark Twain Say?

By McAvoy Layne

Portraying Mark Twain for 35 years,
has allowed me a foretaste of heaven
prior to my earthly contract running out.
The Wild Humorist of the Pacific Slope
has taught me that even in this crazy world
it is possible, no, vital, to smile…
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