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Indisputably European

You always eat a sandwich with a knife and a fork
   You don't think of bacon when you think of pork
You'd likely drop dead from mayonnaise on bread
   You'd rather drink wine than beer with a head

You take off your shoes when you enter a house
   You don't hug and kiss women in front of your spouse
You sport a clean handkerchief up near the top of your suit
   You sport galoshes in the rain instead of shoe boots

You hail from a country that's indisputably European
   Unlike your counterpart ~ a Mark Twain Missou-RI-an

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Date: 11/19/2018 2:19:00 PM
I watched a documentary recently about Mark Twain, at the end of his life he did a European tour (to pay his debts) but it was very successful - they really loved him! As I really enjoyed your poem!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/19/2018 6:40:00 PM
Sure glad you liked it, Michelle … Twain did a Middle East trip too. He was quite the traveler, apparently. :) gw

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