Someone came along and changed
The wording of Huck Finn.
If Twain were here, I can’t conceive
The snit he would be in.
Yes, there are words offensive
But they stem from different times;
And epithets, though vulgar,
We cannot consider crimes.
Yet where does someone get the nerve
To alter someone’s writing?
To mess with Shakespeare, Poe or Twain
Is riotous inciting.
If anyone objects to language
Written, published, read,
Let him or her produce and peddle
Other words instead.
But do not tamper with the greats –
Don’t modify one word.
The very thought of doing so
Is totally absurd!
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