Include Me Out

 I grabbed the new Who's Who to see
 My name - but it was not.
Said I: "The form they posted me
 I filled and sent - so what?"

I searched the essies," dour with doubt . . .
 Darn! It was plain as day
The scurvy knaves had left me out . . .
 Oh was I mad? I'll say.

Then all at once I sensed the clue;
 'Twas simple, you'll allow . . .
The book I held was Who WAS Who -
 Oh was I glad - and how!

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