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# The Count
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- Published: 2021-08-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: He loves his Mercedes Her last name not Benz Returning from Hades The victim of friends The Count, Monte Cristo Dantès is his name Used money, not pistols To gather his fame Avenging betrayal With plot after plot Duma...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

He loves his Mercedes  
Her last name not Benz  
Returning from Hades  
The victim of friends  
The Count, Monte Cristo  
Dantès is his name  
Used money, not pistols  
To gather his fame  
Avenging betrayal  
With plot after plot  
Dumas’ shrewd portrayal  
unties every knot

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**Author notes:** https://allpoetry.com/contest/2785368-Bibliophiles--4-The-Count-of-Monte-Cristo image from Amazon