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15 Ghazal Game #5: Product Placement (Name the product advertised in each couplet) “Bam Bam!” A one-pink-bunny marching band Across theTV. “He keeps going and . . .” Color your magic carpet by numbers: “(Eight hundred), five-eight-eight, two, three hundred . . .” “I’d like to teach the world to sing, in perFect harmony.” (Each singer holds a hand.) “Big Mac, Filet-O-Fish, Quarter Pounder, French fries, icy Coke, thick shake, sundaes, and . . .” It adds insult to injury, making Things look easy—even for a caveman. Burnt-out cowboy fading on the billboard Where platform highways form an ampersand. Cool artist type versus computer geek Who can’t compute the style some understand. Wired from the get-go, this high-strung sailor Feared Moby Dick. He sells hot cups on land. Rugged American blue worn by all, Uniquely expressing thoughts of Ayn Rand. ...

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