The Angry Poet.
An angry man dashed into the editor's office. "Look here," he cried, "I wrote a poem about my little son, and began the verse with the words: 'My son, my pigmy counterpart,' " "Yes?" replied the editor. The poet pointed to the poem in the paper. "Bead that," he stormed, "and see what your fool of a compositor has done." The editor read: 'My son, my pig, my counterpart."
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Opunake Times, 16 January 1934, Page 3
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71The Angry Poet. Opunake Times, 16 January 1934, Page 3
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