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our town

By benafim

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Our Town Every building in our town is round, no corners where to stop talk to friends or piss manly up against a damp wall, in a dark alleyway, while drinking cans of cold lager. In our town cafes have no chairs we stand by a counter and drink lemonade only a glass though, two have too much sugar make us high and beside rot our teeth. In our town tobacco and booze are classified as heroin those caught imbibing or smoking receive psychiatric counselling, electric shock therapy and must go to AA meetings In our town we practice democracy, every political party is allowed but those who do not belong to the mayors party are spied upon, lose their job and can’t get a mortgage. In our town there is no poverty those who fall into that trap are chased out of town into a bleak vale where a helicopter drops food parcels when it doesn’t rain. (It often rains at that place) In our town tolerance is weakness. If you are not a sports fan you are banned, jogging is a must. Our motto is “A blank mind in a healthy body” We are happy and live long when not committing suicide. Written February 5th, 2002 © on Feb 04 2002 08:27 PM PST   0 • 9

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