Runner Up: Assisting to Deceive by John Oliak

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December 23, 2010

Runner Up: Assisting to Deceive by John Oliak

Congratulations John Oliak. Your poem "Assisting to Deceive" is the runner up in our pantoum contest:

Assisting to Deceive

Your call is important to us, please stay on the line.
All of our representatives are assisting to deceive.
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Your call will be handled in the order it was received.

All of our representatives are assisting to deceive.
Please understand that your inquiry is important to us.
Your call will be handled in the order it was received.
You may allow this message to act as your reprieve.

Please understand that your inquiry is important to us,
But our representatives are deceiving other callers.
You may allow this message to act as your reprieve.
Your call will be handled in the order it was received.

Our representatives are deceiving other callers.
Please keep listening to this message at this time.
Your call will be handled in the order it was received.
You are important to us, please stay on the line.

Posted by The Best American Poetry on December 23, 2010 at 03:00 PM in Brainteasers | Permalink

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I left it
on when I
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for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
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of the bedroom
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