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'True as tides' the saying
goes in Newfoundland;
and 'sure as shit shoots
off a shovel' no doubt
that would go down too.
As to the name, the
middle syllable goes
unstressed by those
who live there. Slide
over the first two;
let your tongue come
down on 'land'. John
Donne was the boy
first traced its outline
mapped on his lady's
sine qua non. Though
'Look what I've found!'
didn't quite match his
quaint discovery, like
planting his standard
where nothing else is.
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