622: I've never thought much of formulaic verse anyway

Explanation
This is a compilation of a small storyline in Peanuts where Charlie Brown buys a book of poetry to impress a girl, but it ultimately doesn't work out. However, the ending punchlines of each comic have been cut out, in a similar fashion to the early SROMG comic "Less Humour, More Story!" In the end, it forms a more coherent story, even if it isn't as funny. Notable removals are the ending scenes where Charlie Brown winds up giving the book to Snoopy, and one where he wants to buy something impressive for about a dollar.

The title is a reference to "Haiku", a song by Tally Hall. Throughout the song, the singer is trying to write poetry for a girl he admires, but repeatedly adds one too many syllables for his haikus. He even acknowledges how trite and cliched writing poetry is through the line used in the title: "I've never thought much Of formulaic verse anyway And rhymes are not my fort–"

The author writes
My take on a "Less Humour, More Story!" style experiment for Peanuts.

Original Peanuts strips: 1994-12-12, 1994-12-13, 1994-12-14, 1994-12-15, 1994-12-16, 1994-12-17.

Transcript
{Charlie Brown is standing at a counter} Charlie Brown: Yes, Ma'am, I'd like to buy a book of poems for this girl in my class... {Beat} {Charlie Brown shows the book to Snoopy} Charlie Brown: Pretty neat, huh? Charlie Brown: It's a book of romantic poetry I bought for a girl in my class... {Charlie Brown shows the book to Sally} Sally: What's this? Charlie Brown: A book of poetry... I'm giving it to a girl in my class... Charlie Brown: Wouldn't you like to have someone who loves you give you a book of poetry? {Charlie Brown and Linus are in class. Charlie Brown hands the book to Linus.} Charlie Brown: Do me a favor, Linus... Go across the room, and give this book of poems to that girl for me... I'm too shy... Linus: What will I say to her? Charlie Brown: Say anything... Just be smooth... Linus: Sorry, Charlie Brown... She says she doesn't care for poetry... She says she doesn't even like to read {Linus gives the book back to Charlie Brown} Linus: Why don't you give it to someone who appreciates poetry? {Charlie Brown is back at the store} Charlie Brown: Yes, Ma'am... Remember me? Charlie Brown: I was in here a few days ago and bought a book of poems for a girl in my class... Charlie Brown: She didn't like it... Can you think of anything else I might buy for her? Charlie Brown: Something that would really impress her, and make her like me more than anyone she's ever known...