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CHAPTER 49
1 aEmma Bovary had a love hunger,
2 bAnd morals that kept getting wronger;
3 Her husband she harassed,
4 Her lovers embarassed,
5 cTill her sins at length chanced to conquer.

CHAPTER 50
1 dEzra Mannon fought in the Civil War,
2 eWhile his wife got flighty and sore;
3 fWhen Cristine killed dad,
4 gHer son became mad,
5 hAnd mourning Electra's new chore.

CHAPTER 51
1 A man showed some wine to a pal,
2 Then bricked him inside of a wall.
3 The story's so short,
4 This pnote must abort,
5 And ill in three lines with pure bull.

CHAPTER 52
1 A poor dog of a boy named Holden,
2 iThought running might make life more golden;
3 His jprep school he quit,
4 Then he traveled a bit,
5 kAnd returned preternaturally olden.
a.Dav.14.38
b.Pnot.28.2
c.Psay.5Q.41
d.Pnot.26.1
e.Pnot.26.2
f.Pnot.26.3
g.FnJ.13.2-7
h.Psong.56.5-7
i.Pnot.16.2
j.Ira.16.31
k.Vin.9.10-12
l.Dav.18.5
m.Dav.23.17
n.Pnot.35.2
o.Pnot.48.3
p.Pnot.35.4
q.Dav.56.15
r.Mawr.19.1
s.Psom.45.3
t.Ext.53.27
u.Dav.20.34
v.Frog.34.2
w.Gnt.15.15-16
x.Al.2.11
y.Hill.W.20-23
CHAPTER 53
1 lGabe and mAngie were most unfortunate:
2 nLoved by each other but not by fate,
3 oThey yearned to be married,
4 pBut their plans miscarried,
5 And they got back together a lifetime too late.

CHAPTER 54
1 All the qgirls loved Malthusian Drill,
2 rAnd no babies their bellies to fill.
3 The ssoma worked great,
4 And the world woke up late,
5 When a tsavage presented the bill.

CHAPTER 55
1 A German usoldier fought in a trench,
2 And came to hate world war's stench:
3 He was coming of age,
4 Right to the last page,
5 vWhen he died just for being a mensch.

CHAPTER 56
1 Mr. Shakespeare had plenty of jokes to tell,
2 And hundreds and hundreds of tickets to sell:
3 So he wrote lots of wcomedies,
4 To avoid big xbomb-edies,
5 yWith audiences who thought all's well that ends well.