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Austerity
The royal barge on weekdays now
Does duty as a garbage scow.
Viewers’ poor acuity
Plus the viewed’s self-effacement
Yield false superfluity:
From a distance replacement
Looks like continuity.
Holiday getaway
As surely as Thanksgiving
Is followed by misgiving,
So are we herded by Christmas
Down a very narrow isthmus
Of spending we do fear
Won’t end before New Year.
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