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by Shaara
Rated: E · Poetry · Cultural · #866917
The USA has one of the best systems of government, but...
The following is a senryu for the SLAM2004. The prompt was: pretense.



The Politician

“I’ll lower taxes,”
he said to bring in the votes.
He did. For the rich.


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