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The Red Well-Read Reader
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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