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In Poe's raven's defense, he probably only knew that one word...

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00:03

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe a la shmoop

00:07

I've had a lot of weird roommates in my day but well this guy takes the cake [Raven with human face appears in a room]

00:12

seriously he steals my leftover cake out of the fridge all the time so rude but

00:17

he's also been trapped in his own personal nightmare for years now so I

00:21

guess he kind of you know deserves cake of course if I'm being honest it's kind

00:25

of my fault but let's backtrack it all started on a bright summer day and just [Raven flying in the sky]

00:31

kidding it started on a midnight dreary well you think any of his stories ever

00:35

started on a bright summer day give me a break anyway this guy was hanging out in [Poe hanging out in his room]

00:40

his room reading some old boring book and whining about his lost love Lenore I

00:44

was having a slow day so I decided to have a little fun yeah I did a little [Raven looking through keyhole at Poe]

00:49

tap tap tapping on the window he answered I fluttered in and perched

00:53

on a bust of the Greek goddess of wisdom Athena [Raven lands on bust of Athena]

00:57

normal people offer their guests a snack or something but this guy immediately

01:02

started implying that I was from the land of the dead

01:05

rude I'm from Tallahassee..Well eventually he remembered his manners and

01:10

asked me my name I thought about telling him but then I was like I want to get

01:14

back at him for that land of the dead crack so I decided to mess with his head

01:18

I just said the first random thing that came to mind....The look on his face

01:25

was priceless I don't know what it was about that word but it drove the guy

01:29

crazy or maybe it was the fact that I'm a talking bird yeah who knows anyway I

01:34

did what anybody else would do in this situation I kept saying it over and [Poe shaking on the floor and Raven appears on couch]

01:39

over and over and over and again until he went totally nuts yeah it was classic

01:45

foul language from a bird who knew he started thinking that angels were in the

01:50

room slinging magic incense and potions he even begged these imaginary angels to [Poe begging for angels for help]

01:56

help him forget Lenore I took it upon myself to give him some tough love he

02:01

was asking if he'd ever forget Lenore so I told him yeah Nevermore yeah it was

02:07

definitely a trigger word for him he even started accusing me of being sent

02:11

by the devil again rude so rude in fact that when he begged

02:16

me to tell him whether he'd ever reunite with Lenore well I just couldn't help [Poe crying to raven for help]

02:20

myself I looked him in the eye and said sure buddy everything's gonna work out

02:24

just right just kidding I said Nevermore and that's how my new

02:29

pal suffered a complete psychotic break well these days he just kind of huddles

02:34

on the carpet mumbling about Lenore I'd move out but you know rent in the city [Poe huddling in the corner]

02:38

there's very little rent control here yeah remember when you used to be able

02:42

to afford a nice place on a budget never more

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