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16 And anyone who doesn't look at it that way is probably just some punk,
17 With an ax to grind.

CHAPTER 4
1 And they will say that it doesn't matter anyway,
2 Because no one is really interested in the aWord on the Past,
3 Or even the bWord on the Present,
4 cBecause people like to like what they read,
5 And care about it,
6 Just like it was really real or something,
7 Which is why a dcompassionate tone is nice,
8 eAnd warm human touches,
9 And findividuals,
10 gBecause that's what writing is really all about,
11 Unless you're some punk,
12 With an ax to grind.

CHAPTER 5
1 And they will say that it's completely hpointless anyway,
2 To write down the Word on the Past,
3 Or even the Word on the Present,
4 iBecause everything is really much too complicated,
5 And if they can't figure it out,
6 Then how could some punk,
7 With an ax to grind?

CHAPTER 6
1 And they will say that it's all just an exercise in bad taste anyway,
2 jBecause name calling and finger pointing never solved anything,
a.They.1.2
b.They.1.3
c.Ann.3.1-10
Ann.8.1-11
d.Swar.18.18
e.Swar.19.9-12
f.Swar.29.13-16
g.Hall.15.13
h.Mall.13.17
i.Ext.25.13-14
j.Swar.29.3-4
k.Psp.2.1-2
l.Psp.3.1-2
m.Psp.4.1
3 And really only makes things worse,
4 Because it just polarizes people,
5 And doesn't do any good for anybody,
6 Unless you're just some punk,
7 With an ax to grind.

CHAPTER 7
1 And they will say,
2 Well,
3 A lot of things,
4 Because they pretty much know that things are the way they are,
5 And that's the way they'll always be,
6 Which is why if you have to talk about it at all,
7 They'd like it better if you were some little balding ethnic guy with glasses,
8 Who has a great sense of humor about how he doesn't know really anything,
9 Which is the only real human kwisdom,
10 Which is the only real human lwisdom,
11 Which is the only real human mwisdom that humans have produced in five thousand years of history.
12 (Except, of course, they don't mean that quite the way it sounds,
13 Especially if it sounds like anything anywhere in the Word on the Past,
14 Or the Word on the Present,
15 Which comes from punks,
16 With an ax to grind.)

CHAPTER 8
1 But being punks,