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They Call It Metromania.(Poem)

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| July 01, 2002 | D'Arcy, Bruno | COPYRIGHT 2002 Quadrant Magazine Company, 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

 
THEY CALL IT METROMANIA 
 
   So I've got poems again-- 
   itchy red blotches 
   that prevent me from sleeping at night. 
   A rash on the arse of literature. 
   I'm looking for a white cream 
   to soothe the painful rhymes away, 
   and for some antibiotics to cure the infection 
   that's causing me to lose words. 
   It's ugly, it's embarrassing, 
   and I don't know where I caught it. 
   No-one I know has ...

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