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  1. Newsgroups: rec.arts.poems
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.edu!torn!nott!cunews!gj156879
  3. From: gj156879@alfred.carleton.ca ( gj student 156879)
  4. Subject: Like a big duck, only dead.
  5. Message-ID: <gj156879.725501282@cunews>
  6. Sender: news@cunews.carleton.ca (News Administrator)
  7. Organization: Carleton University
  8. Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 00:08:02 GMT
  9. Lines: 38
  10.  
  11. DEAD DUCK
  12. ---------
  13.  
  14. It sat over there, officer,
  15. Its beak firmly planted in its
  16. Alcoholic beverage.
  17.  
  18. The party was going well,
  19. people were laughing,
  20. Talking,
  21. Having a good time,
  22. Enjoying themselves,
  23. Until someone shot the duck.
  24.  
  25. The bullet came out of nowhere,
  26. Officer,
  27. And before we could breathe,
  28. It was lying on the hardwood floor,
  29. Dead,
  30. Not moving,
  31. His strawberry Daquari spilled,
  32. His outstretched wing, 
  33. motionless.
  34.  
  35. Someone said "Try C.P.R."
  36. But no one could bring their lips
  37. To meet that rapidly paling beak.
  38.  
  39. Officer,
  40. One of my friends is a murderer,
  41. Could you kindly take him or her away
  42. So we can get on with the party?
  43.  
  44.  
  45.                                         Nik
  46.                                         C&C?  SHORE!
  47.