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The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe a la shmoop

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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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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started implying that I was from the land of the dead

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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to afford a nice place on a budget never more

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