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ZAP
No shortage of electricity here!
Lights flash and blink
bells ring and rattle
Push-button computerized
money-grabbing
slot machines
consume
an obscene amount
of energy
hard-earned $'s
and dreams.
Pull the plug!
Wake these people up!
Too late.
They are trapped
in the darkness
already.
- 6.2001 -
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(c) M.L. Nemir, 2001