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Black Tie Dinner

November 1, 2013
By Keith Campbell GOLD, Middleburgh, New York
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By fire side, in senate seats,
Sleek, sly, liars,
Fighting like brothers and sisters,
They can never play together.
Divorcing all their values for political affairs, Married to their work,
Leaves them tabling their family,
For Washington appetite.

© Kristine B., Setauket, NY

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