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Snail Traveler

“I have a pet snail named Stanley. I found him in a bag of broccoli rabe at my local supermarket. 
Seems he hitched a ride all the way to the east coast from California. Please write a poem about him.”


From his palace of broccoli,
his master set him free.
His poor sojourn slumped far,
but his master set him free.
Stanley never felt the miles,
but his master counted them,
and the snail had gone too far.