This is my very first JAPH/obfuscation, so be gentle. The code is pretty uncomplicated, but it looks pretty hard to read from where I'm standing. I only wrote this after using pack and thought this might be cool to write...the acutal poem was fairly slapdash. Anyway, vote as you feel necessary.
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my @words = grep({ref} @clever);
sub version { print "I cuss your capitalist pig tendencies bad!\n" }