Given the Top Four Most Common English Verbs To be [or not to be Whatever or whoever you are] To have [or not to have Whoever or whatever you may wish] To do [or not to do Anything or nothing you would prefer, &] To say [or not to say Nothing or anything you may intend to] We are all rendered equal as we cross Every borderline, filling in every gap In action as in thought [Or otherwise] Changming Yuan
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Changming Yuan: ‘Given the Top Four Most Common English Verbs’
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