If you’re angry, you don’t have to write a poem dealing with the cause of your anger. But it needs to be an angry poem. So go ahead… write one. I know you’re at least a little bit angry with me.

And when you’re done with your poem, decipher it as if you’d just found it printed in a textbook and know absolutely nothing about its author. The results can be amazing…and scary.

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