Only in LA: Rummage Sale

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The T.S. Eliot Poetry Melangerie of Quatrains

T.S. Eliot mixed
Meth, heroin, and coke.
Thought his poems might improve
If he had a stroke.
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T.S. Eliot's poems
One step above doggerel,
One step below tripe,
The meaning foggerel.
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Oft did T.S. Eliot say
That he would eat his hat -
To write a poem just half as good
As Casey At The Bat.
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There once was a maid of Nantucket,
Who rode the seas in a bucket.
Her poems were rare,
And less than fair,
But still better than T.S. Eliot.
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Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
T.S. Eliot wrote
This one too.
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T.S. Eliot read the book,
And wailed an anguished "Oh no!"
"For I write poetry half as good
As awful Victor Buono."
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T.S. Eliot fled
The U.S.A. frantic;
Later his accent drifted
East of Mid-Atlantic.
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T.S. Eliot
Read the news,
And processed it,
And hated Jews.
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T.S. Eliot, sadly,
Read "Ash Wednesday" badly.
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Bonus Poem

Harry Dean Stanton
Finally dead.
He let eternity
Go to his head.
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,,,And Summer Flops of 2017 Summarized

The movie BAYWATCH
failed to leaven;
It made less money
Than "Gates of Heaven."