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- Dirge For the American Stock Market
- 1-2-3 was the number he played but today the number came 3-2-1;
- Bought his Carbide at 30 and it went to 29; had the favorite at Bowie but
- the track was slow ----
- O executive type, would you like to drive a floating-power, knee-action, silk-
- upholstered six? Wed a Hollywood star? Shoot the course in 58? Draw
- to the ace, king, jack?
- O fellow with a will who won't take no, watch out for three cigarettes on
- the same, single match; O democratic voter born in August under Mars.
- beware of liquidated rails----
- Denoument to denouement, he took a personal pride in the certain, cer-
- tain way he lived his own, private life,
- But nevertheless, they shut off his gas; nevertheless, the bank foreclosed;
- nevertheless, the landlord called; nevertheless the radio broke,
- And twelve o'clock arrived just once too often,
- Just the same he wore on gray tweed suit, bought one straw hat, drank
- one straight Scotch, walked one short step, took one long look, drew one deep breath,
- Just one too many,
- And WOW he died as WOW he lived,
- Going WHOP to the office and BLOOIE home to sleep and BIFF got married
- and BAM had children and OOF got fired,
- ZOWIE did he live and ZOWIE did he die,
- With who the hell are you at the corner of his casket, and where the
- hell're we going on the right-hand silver knob, and who the hell cares
- walking second from the end with an American Beauty wreath from why the hell not,
- Very much missed by the circulation staff of the New York Evening Post;
- deeply, deeply mourned by the B.M.T.
- WHAM, Mr Roosevelt; POW, Sears Roebuck; AWK big dipper; BOP, summer rain;
- BONG, Mr., Bong, Mr., bong, mr., bong.
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