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Ballot Box Blues
After WH Auden
The day dawned dry and windy, the game too close to call,
the pollsters with their reckonings had made fools of us all.
Never trust the numbers, my dear, never trust the numbers.
Meanwhile down at Morrison’s the spam was going cheap
but the price of bread and butter was enough to make you weep.
And the queues were getting long, my dear, the queues were getting long.
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