POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazi…

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POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.166, 谷月社
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