My first exposure to Edgar Allan Poe was through his short story~

The Tell-Tale Heart. Though in middle school, I was hooked.

He created beautiful dark places I seem to be best suited for.

So it is fitting, on this 204th marker of our most distinguished

writer's birth, I place with a toast of thanks and adulation~

cognac and three roses



"Edgar, I haven't forgotten you."

~note inscribed & left by

The original Poe Toaster



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