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The Man Who Loved "Dial-A-Poem"
by Paul Coman
every time he went through an emotional trauma,
he used to contact "Dial-A-Poem" for a random reply.

he had phoned them hundreds of times
and never received the same poem twice.

thanks to "Dial-A-Poem", he had fallen in love three times,
travelled abroad twice,
and been involved in a variety of obscene sexual practices.

one night, feeling blue, he rang "Dial-A-Poem"
and received a piece of doggerel,
which was nothing more than a thinly-veiled suicide note.

later, after he threw himself from his fourth floor window,
and concrete became associated with his tragedy,
the police shut "Dial-A-Poem" down.

so do beware of people
who take advice
from novice poets.

they will be the death of us all.
Aug. 2007
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