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Elvis Presley letters up for auction
Feb. 25, 2013, 8:23 AM EST
WENN
A collection of Elvis Presley's personal notes and poetry is set to hit the
auction block.
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The handwritten messages include a poem in which the "Jailhouse Rock" icon
describes smashing a robin perched on his windowsill. It reads, "He sang his
sweet song so sweetly and paused for a moments lull / I gently raised the window
and crushed his f------ skull."
Presley's copy of Kahlil Gibran's book "The Prophet' will also go under the
hammer at the Omega Auctions sale in Stockport, England, on March
9.