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GREGORY BETTS

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The Rusty Toque | Issue 3 | Poetry | October 12, 2012

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I ASSASSINATE YOU
I HASSAN-I-SABBAH

nothing is true everything is permitted
permitted is true nothing is everything
nothing is permitted everything is true
permitted is true everything is nothing
nothing is true permitted is everything
permitted is everything true is nothing
nothing is permitted true is everything
permitted true is everything is nothing

is nothing true is everything permitted
is everything true is nothing permitted
true is nothing permitted is everything
nothing is everything is permitted true
is is everything nothing permitted true
true nothing permitted everything is is
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nothing is everything permitted true is
nothing is is everything true permitted
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nothing true is permitted everything is

nothing is is true permitted everything
everything is true is nothing permitted
nothing true is permitted is everything
everything is is nothing permitted true
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nothing true is everything is permitted
everything nothing permitted is true is

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nothing is true permitted everything is
is nothing permitted is everything true
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nothing is everything is true permitted
is nothing permitted is true everything
permitted is nothing everything is true
nothing is permitted is everything true
is nothing is everything true permitted
permitted is nothing everything true is

GREGORY BETTS is the author of The Others Raisd in Me (Pedlar Press 2009), a collection of 150 poems plundered from William Shakespeare's sonnet 150, and four other books of experimental poetry. He is the Director of Canadian Studies and the Graduate Program Director of Canadian and American Studies at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. Website: http://www.brocku.ca