Reverted from memoir to document

Evidently centering stuff decently in latex is not an option

Alembic.tex

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-\documentclass[a4paper,twoside, openany]{memoir}
+\documentclass[a4paper,twoside, openany]{book}
 %% "openany" allows for chapters on odd pages, it would leave a blank page otherwise
 \usepackage{hyperref}
 \usepackage{titlesec}
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 \hypersetup{colorlinks=true,linkcolor=blue,urlcolor=blue}
 \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
 \begin{document}
-\begin{vplace}[0.7]
 \font\mytitle=cmr12 at 40pt
 \newcommand{\MONTH}{%
   \ifcase\the\month
@@ -519,5 +518,4 @@ Essentially, a collection
     and thus he's keeeping\\
     his life of sweat.
 \end{Verse}
-\end{vplace}
 \end{document}