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Barbara Fountain Part 1

Here is Barbara Fountain

She is a culture shock

Moderately over-easy like many other breakfast flings

She slings the magazine away

And leaves the coffee, standing cold and objectionable

Then she exits the building

Rocking and rolling

Hippity hopping

Skitting and scatting

Slitting down to the docks for work to come.

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