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                                                   Story 341

                 "Proofreading"

A clownish goof                   A cow hoof

A house roof                      A distant hoof

A mouth roof                      A distant aloof

A dog woof                        A photo proof

A bull woof                       A legal proof

              And a liquor proof

                                                   Story 342

                 The Stooge

    When the number of deaths in Viet Nam became huge, our President Nixon
(1968-1974) could find no refuge.

    We made him into our stooge. For everything, past and present, we criticized
him in a deluge. We said he should have been more like a Scrooge. And we said he
wasted money and men and covered up with political rouge and subterfuge.

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