{"id":2711,"date":"2017-06-10T16:56:10","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T00:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=2711"},"modified":"2017-06-10T16:56:10","modified_gmt":"2017-06-11T00:56:10","slug":"the-speed-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=2711","title":{"rendered":"The Speed Reader"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Speed Reader<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I signed up for a speed reading course.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I was a slow reader, due to being forced.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The course was by Evelyn Woodhead.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

By the time I was done, I was almost dead.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Read faster or lose a finger.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Keep reading. It\u2019s no time to linger.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Read when the pressure is on.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Keep reading from dusk to dawn.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Keep reading and do not sleep.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Keep reading and do not eat.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

If you stop you may lose your head.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Keep reading or you\u2019ll end up dead.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I read like hell just to survive.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I had to make it out alive.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I read War And Peace in less than a day.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

There was no time to relax and play.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Such a course is run by the devil.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I am talking on the level.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Finally, came the day I got my degree.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Signed in blood for all to see.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I can speed read like a champ.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Even though many others can\u2019t.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

There\u2019s just one problem with the lot.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

When I start, I just can\u2019t stop.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

—————————-R.W. Johnson—–(2017)<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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