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When no one
   is listening
   so quiet
When you walk into the woods
   by the creek
   and the water battles
   the rocks
When no one
   is listening
   and you live out loud
   thinkwalking and
   no one
   is listening
When no one
   oh wait
   maybe that person no
   a mistake
   I tried
When you sit next to the
   person with the
   interesting eyes
   who gives you nothing
   unless you work for it
   attention no
   listening no
   a mistake
   I tried
When no one
   is listening
   I said
   no one
   I said listen you
   I said listen
When you try to listen
   the quiet sky
   out of nowhere
   those angry eyebrows
   strafe you
   you be quiet
   as the sky
   as the clouds battle
When you get old
   and he is dead
   and you
   accept no one
   and no one
   is listening
When you hear yourself
   by yourself
   and you
   you discover
   you
   are not listening no
   no one
   so quiet

[Editor’s Note: This news brief was discovered in a stack of papers nearly 40 years old.  We are publishing it now because it is still considered “news” on Bizarro World and we want to be responsible.  There was no byline on the article, but we have some ideas.]

ON MY RECENT TRIP to Bizarro World, I met with the President at 
his unfurnished flat in the ghetto.  Our talks were, of course, 
uninformative and useless.

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THE PRESIDENT DID STATE that spending for defense would increase, 
as would spending for garbage collection.  Budget cuts in other
areas, notably in education and piano tuning, would offset those
increases.  Noting that "the people of Bizarro World want change,"
the President also authorized a special minting of over two million
dimes and quarters.

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RECENT ATTENTION IN BIZARRO WORLD has been focused on the role of 
the President's budget director who, as one source put it, "eats
with his mouth full."  It was supposedly the budget director who
advised the President to appear on television wearing nothing but
a barrel.  That idea was set aside, however, when the President
realized he would have no place to carry all his change.

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IN HIS ADDRESS to the world, the President described the critical
state of the Bizarro economy.  "I have seen people throw away their
money because they could not afford to keep it," he lamented. 
"I have also seen dogs fighting in the street over worthless bones.
These are not pretty sights to see," the President concluded.

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ON THE SUBJECT OF DOGS, there remains active controversy concerning
the DRA (Dog's Rights Amendment).  In order for DRA to become law,
it must be ratified by 29 of the 373 sectors of Bizarro World.
At this time, DRA has been passed by 52 sectors, 31 of which 
rescinded their ratification, while 18 of those sectors rescinding
ratification ratified it once again, and 7 of those who reratified
it decided to rerescind it.  Because talk of dogs is illegal in the
remaining 221 sectors, the amendment has not come to a vote there.

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THE MAN IN THE STREET appears to know little of the actual intent
of DRA.  I talked to one man in the street who told me, "I ain't
sharing my gutter with no dog.  They can piss on the hydrants
where they belong."

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MEANWHILE, A RECENT SPATE OF HOTEL FIRES here has prompted Bizarro
authorities to institute new measures for fire security in public
buildings.  One-pound packages of ground chuck will be placed in
special containers on each floor of such buildings; the smell of
cooking hamburgers will warn residents of the building of the
presence of fire.  Additionally, in order to lessen the danger to
firemen searching a burning building for occupants, persons are
being instructed not to hide in closets but rather to proceed to
the roof and start grilling.

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REGARDING THE DRA, one Bizarro World fire official noted, "We have
had dogs on the force for years and we get along fine."