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Cut this poem in half
You suspect a shorter poem is buried in the draft.
Cut this poem to roughly half its length. Keep the spine. List what you removed and flag the two cuts you are least sure about. Poem:
Making it yours
- Paste your own material where the prompt asks for it. Everything above that line is instruction, not content.
- Delete any rule that does not apply to you. A shorter prompt that fits beats a thorough one that does not.
- If the answer comes back vague, add a line saying what you do not want. Constraints work better than encouragement.
Finishing a poem. Cutting, ending, titling, and the last decisions before you call a draft done.
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