I'm sure that my long dead English Lit professor would have tried to convince us that this story was a thinly veiled allegory for masturbating and accidentally snapping your junk off.
I think my English Lit prof was obsessed with masturbation.
I also don't think he knew what allegory meant.
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
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