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MISSISSIPPI MAN

Mississippi man in King Arthur’s CourT,

American icon, humorous fellO’,

Riverboat pilot on the grand Mississippi booM,

Knowing adventures and dangerS,

Trekking the world and writing an ideA,

Watched for Halley’s Comet return shoW,

Always writing humorous tales by the frog’s flY,

In, and around, Calaveras and homE,

Newspaper publisher gone novel writeR.

PTR January 21, 2012