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Reacting To a Hateful Bank Rumor

Steady rustling of stacked-high newspapers, On the vendors stand US skyscrapers; A long face further parting with brightness: The type that treated not things with lightness It’s a man heading for a child’s mistake; From last medical check-up much at stake! Started it had with a rumored broadcast, Which listening through made Chapman downcast. Now, he’s at Lukman’s vendor stand for more Of a hitting news that few minds could store: “All banks shan’t be working for two weeks, Their once-cheerful customers goddamned freaks!” Yes, some bank manager did cook alive, For home they’d sought to cashless point drive. Chapman looked like he would die in a week, Who had seemed throughout January sleek!

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