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home: read (ads, 20, 30); sort drawers; getsockname; package returns;
      write note, tell husband; pack (purse, full, $bills);
      unlink frontgate; split, goto mall; 

parking: shift gears; splice (truck, van, "crunch");
      reverse; truncate (cars, 3); require ids, insurance;
      tell bozos, wait; warn them if alarm;
      keys pocketed, open mall-doors;

mall: join (crowds, frenzy); return old-stuff, goto sales if `time-is-right`;
      listen (muzak, children); seek (bargains, deals, gadgets, goodies),
      system-atically; select (carefully), "what you want"; kill no time;
      "need more credit cards" ? open accounts: "buy now, pay later!"; 
      push (people, "out of my way!"); values everywhere; "Buy Everything!!!";

later: reset stopwatch; sort purchases; log $$, checks, etc.
      exit; goto car, home; join (husband, kids);
      tell children, each (twice), goto bed;
      tell spouse, "Goodnight";

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husband: pipe (lit, glowing), close drapes;
      accept (resigned, accustomed), defeat

Sharon Hopkins, July 18, 1991
Taken from Camels and Needles: Computer Poetry meets the Perl Programming Language
by Sharon Hopkins, used with permission
 
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