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Once an alien with eyes like LASER Greeted me with a green TASER He told me he was registered as a WASP And after retirement would join the AARP He was driven by the FOMO And said his motto was YOLO His aim was to become POTUS Or at the least the fair FLOTUS If not, he'd train for the BAFTA And seal it with NAFTA I told him he was already a STAR For having the country on his RADAR But he must take part in lots of JAM And reprogramme his brilliant RAM If he wanted to be the big MAN He must shout as much as he CAN On hearing this, he BOL And soon went AWOL 04.02.2021 For L Milton Hankins' "Acronyms in Couplets" contest Acronyms used: LASER - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation TASER - Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle WASP - White Anglo-Saxon Protestant AARP - American Association of Retired Persons FOMO - Fear Of Missing Out YOLO - You Only Live Once POTUS - President Of The United States FLOTUS - First Lady Of The United States BAFTA - British Academy of Film and Television Arts NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement STAR - Superior Technology Award Recipient RADAR - Radio Detection And Ranging JAM - Just A Minute RAM - Read Only Memory MAN - Metropolitan Area Network CAN - Controller Area Network BOL - Burst Out Laughing AWOL - Absent Without Official Leave
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