[New-Poetry] Threat Level Update

[Anny Ballardini]

/excellent from here.

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> Yours, Jim? This is wonderful.
> 
> JforJames at aol.com wrote:
>> Homeland Security Announces Refined Threat Levels
>>  
>> Threat Level: Gray
>>  
>> A gloomy terrorist is a dangerous terrorist.
>> The clouds come low over the horizon, turn
>> into a strafing rain. Refrain from listening to poets.
>>  
>>
>> Threat Level: White
>>  
>> Even wearing penny loafers and sweaters
>> they blend in easily. Regard with suspicion
>> a penchant for changing sheets, teeth that blind.
>>  
>>
>> Threat Level: Chartreuse
>>  
>> They will be wearing dark glasses and shirts
>> or blouses of a most unseemly color. Standing near
>> them  poses a radiation risk to the unborn.
>>  
>>
>> Threat Level: Mauve
>>  
>> Grandmotherly and overdressed, there is much
>> that can be hidden within those folds of clothes and flesh. 
>> Say your prayers when the purse is unclasped.
>>  
>>
>> Threat Level: Neon
>>  
>> Not a color per se, but an attitude. A unwillingness
>> to respect sleep. At any moment they might pull the tap,
>> fondle the waitress and do an indecipherable dance.
>>  
>>  
>>
>>
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> The better you are, the pay is worse.
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