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35 A Suburbanite Briefs a Historian Oh, Lord, the middle class is so damned dull. I am sure you have heard this all before, And so far as I can tell it’s largely true. But it is fun to be so bourgeois, full Of all reliable means and much more That is deserved once you have paid your due. We enjoy screens wider than SUVs, Pools like dots of detergent from the sky, As sprinklers skitter like crickets on lawns. But what would you prefer to all of these Suburbs? We can’t ride to hounds or just fly Off whenever we like to our own islands. And we can’t go back to what came before, Ten to a room, half sleeping on the floor. ...

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