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In far Tibet
There lives a lama.
He got no papa,
Got no mama.
He got no wife,
He got no chillun.
Got no use
For penicillun.
He got no soap,
He got no opera.
He don't know Irium
From copra.
He got no songs,
He got no banter.
He don't know Hope,
He don't know Cantor.
He got no teeth,
He got no gums.
Don't eat no Spam,
Don't need no Tums.
He love to nick him
When he shave.
He also got
No hair to save.
Got no distinction,
No clear head.
Don't call for Calvert,
Drink milk instead.
He use no lotions
For allurance.
He got no car
And no insurance.
No Alsop warnings,
No Pearson rumor
For this self-centered
Non-consumer.
Indeed, the
Ignorant Have-Not
Don't even know
What he don't got.
If you will mind
The box-tops, comma,
I think I'll go
And join that lama.
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Ogden Nash

Ogden Nash

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