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after such faith has been placed in yenr ability to read “elevating and educational” printed material, so you read a sentence or two— dictionary, at elbow—and then spend the next hour seeking a reference that will give some clue to the wherefore of the text. I’m going to start taking my* reading like I take music and movies; I don’t want to be educated, benefitted, nor up-lifted; I just want to be entertained. --:The Farmers' Lament Our government has come to a pitiful pass When its arbiter of battle is some urban jackass Who never saw beef, save in hotdogs and cans, Or maybe some cooking in pots or in pans. I’ll bet that he thinks that the T-bone’s for soup, That its usual habitat is somewhere on the Loop, That the tenderloin steak is a bet in Manhattan, And the porterhouse, a place to drink beer, in Latin. He knows that most pigs are fattened on votes, That the Bulls and the Bears are only Wall street quotes, But he would climb on a fence and view with alarm If he ever saw either at large on a farm. , He hands out protection to millionaire packers, And a mite of the same to the diners and snackers. Then puts all the loss on the folks on the farm, Thinking *by this, some voters to charm. Just wait ’til they are dining on spaghetti and salads, No roasts nor steaks for meathungry palates, I’ll bet these dispensers of chicanery and harm Will soon come a-begging to the folks on the farm. (No use signing this; no one but D.L.M. could have written it.) -X——
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