I Was Her Twenty-Per-Cent Man

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With a backstage pass

or waiting in

the theater alley,

I had the loot for

Salacious Sally

With a front-row seat

and tonic for my gin,

at this dog show

she was

Rin-Tin-Tin

All around us

was the rabble

 

We went home

and played

Scrabble

She had 

four-letter words

all over the board

but I cleared my rack

and triple-scored

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© PAUL OLIVERIO ©

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