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Chinese rug.(Poem)

National Review

| June 02, 2008 | Krisak, Len | COPYRIGHT 2008 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright
 
CHINESE RUG 
 
   The ponies at our feet--the blue ones laze; 
   The brown stand upright, though some bow to 
   nibble--Are placid, but a tad bit crude and hokey. 
   (One might be put in mind of Gumby's Pokey, 
   Considering the 'toonish lines that form 
   Them in the fabric where they gaze or graze. 
   But then again, one might not ...
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