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Pliers pull'd a single nail, From a filthy bed, An unclean digit left that way, Should be stripped instead,

A hand left with idle inklings, will often lead astray, and too many unpunished fingers, could turn to writing, Vile, Poetic, and Gay.

Pliers pull'd a single nail, From a filthy bed, An unclean digit left that way, Should be stripped instead, A hand left with idle inklings, will often lead astray, and too many unpunished fingers, could turn to writing, Vile, Poetic, and Gay.

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If a black person wrote this in 1962 they would be considered the most important poet of the 20th century.