Edgar Allan Poe was having some financial troubles as starving artists are known to do, so he went to his land lord to plea for leniency on this months rent. His landlord was a cheap fellow, but had a soft spot for literature so he said, "Fuck the Poe lease!"
Edgar paid rent, nevermore.
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