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answers on a postcard  (  a  t r u e  s t o r y  )

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in this morning's post came

answers on a postcard


seventeen, red, tannin

scarfell pike, the coastguard


wensleydale, the shell suit

eight point two, a souffle


dick turpin & turnips

coots when wearing toupees


the friekorp & carrots

weasels, scurvy, herpes


mercury & parrots

mister topsy turvy


twenty six & nimrod

ishtar, indigestion


i assume their answers

unsure of their questions

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