República
São Paulo, 2013.09.17
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Heavy rainfall left the towers grand and ailing,
testing the limits of the broken window theory.
The speaker married his palms as in prayer
to lay the groundwork for mathematics:
“It makes business sense, I tell you.”
He thought he had made his pitch,
but then the farmer on the elephant intervened:
“I’m not here to question your salary, kind sir;
I want your ideas and will cannibalize them if I have to.”
The speaker would not be silenced:
“I understand completely, my friend,” he said,
“but please… let’s keep my brain intact.”
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And so he spoke of yogurt that saved the nation.
A dog was trembling.
Nothing could be more exciting.
“We see opportunity,” he concluded.
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And with that, he summoned a ship to the podium.
Shortly after, everybody was eating yogurt.
With stifling honesty, he brought tears to the poverty-stricken audience,
and for decades on, his yogurt inspired generations of philanthropists.
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