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This is a crazy poem I wrote late last year when I was in a wacky mood. 
Just wanted to throw this out there for some general input. 
 
Crossword Puzzle(d) 
Satisfy 
Four squares ACROSS: 
Simple answer or torturous enigma? 
Puzzles can be candy for the brain. 
Or a thorn. 
This puzzle shall entertain me! 
Write black lines on white paper; 
black and white answers. 
Eraser: ally of guessers everywhere. 
Quite Obvious 
Five squares DOWN: 
Only the mentally strong will 
venture their time, their 
energy, their intellectual 
resources to sate the needs of 
these letter-starved squares. Obviously! 
With unyielding fortitude, 
I shall use a pen - not pencil - 
and confidently vanquish my grid-like enemy. 
The overt words at first of course! 
And when the clue 
for an eleven-letter word for freedom arises - 
Mr. Thesaurus here at my side 
gives me deliverance. 
 
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