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Dom Mart
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since 1999-08-17
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0 posted 2000-07-16 06:53 AM




I am a solid citizen.
I always try to do what's right.
Should an enemy attack us,
I'd volunteer to fight.

When people whom I've helped elect
Become larcenous or crazy,
Not to work to turn them out
Would be proof that I was lazy.

My antennae are extended
To detect any social wrong.
Any good cause I'll support.
Just ask--I'll go along.

I've signed hundreds of petitions,
I've circulated hundreds more.
I've stuffed  a million envelopes.
I've trudged from door to door.

I've pasted bumper stickers
On every car I've driven.
When the appeal came in the mail,
Invariably I've given.

There have always been good causes.
No doubt there'll always be.
But lately I've been wondering
What they have to do with me.

Notwithstanding all my efforts,
Problems just proliferate,
While the years that make me older,
Well, you know, they never wait.

So after some soul-searching
And reflecting just a bit,
I've arrived at a decision,
And, dear reader, this is it:

Henceforth this solid citizen
Will put all causes on the shelf
Except for only one good cause
The most deserving cause--himself!



[This message has been edited by Dom Mart (edited 07-16-2000).]

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