#!/usr/bin/perl
#nb the poem is the output
# licensed under the Gnu poetic licence (?!)

open my $dict, "</usr/share/lib/dict/words"
     or open my $dict, "</usr/share/dict/words"
     or die "you call that a \'puter?\n";
my @words = <$dict>;
my $count = 100*rand();
{ use integer; $count /= 1; }
for ( 0..$count ) {
    my $ptr = rand() * $#words;
    chomp $words[$ptr];
    unless( $_ ) {
        $words[ $ptr ] =~ /^(.)(.*)$/;
        my $b = uc( $1 );
        $words[$ptr ] = $b . $2;
    }
    if ( $_ < $count ) {
        print $words[$ptr];
        print (( rand() > 0.9 )? ";\n" : ' ');
    }
    else {
        print $words[$ptr] . ".\n";
    }
}

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-M

Free your mind

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