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#972894 added January 7, 2020 at 6:50pm
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Once upon a time in Oxford (Only Once)
Once upon a time in Oxford (Only Once)

He chewed tobacky,
aimed for the spittoon,
and missed.

She glared at him,
summoned
Her Majesty's Dragoon.

© Kåre Enga (7.january.2020)

24 syllables in two stanzas 12/12 (this happened; that followed). No real rhythm, meter, form. One rhyme: spittoon/dragoon.

dra·goon: 1. noun: a member of any of several cavalry regiments in the British army.
2. verb: coerce (someone) into doing something. "she had been dragooned into helping with the housework"

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