I met a man who wore a glove,
He slapped and slapped and showed no love,
Until a man with gun in hand
Did decree 'As here I stand
Your soul is long not for this land!'
And with aplomb he fired two shots.
He wore gloves then, his corpse does not.
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The Glove
PoetryThe gloved man died as he lived, arms aloft as if to thrash the world and all who dwelled there.