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Outsmarting the Devil

Who’s the Real Devil?

By Stephanie HoogstadPublished 2 days ago • 1 min read
Outsmarting the Devil
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He who thinks he can

Outsmart the Devil is just

The Devil himself


Author’s Note: Here I am, back with my thirty-sixth day on the fifty-day song/lyric-based senryū (after missing another day). Today’s poem is inspired by “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” by Charlie Daniels, which you can listen to below.

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About the Creator

Stephanie Hoogstad

With a BA in English and MSc in Creative Writing, writing is my life. I have edited and ghost written for years with some published stories and poems of my own.

Learn more about me: thewritersscrapbin.com

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