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    Fresh Every Hour
    by Berton Braley

    Election promises, glibly spoken,
   Are easily made- and easily broken.

    They're frail and fragile and slightly brittle
   So why complain if they crack a little?

    The promise made was a cut in taxes
    and every moment the burden waxes;

    We won't be harsh in the way we judge it,
    But where, oh where is the balanced budget?

    And, 'spite of promises, office holders
    Are twice as heavy upon our shoulders.

    But why be sore at a broken promise?
    The powers that be can always calm us,

    And when one promise has cracked in two
    They'll give us another that's nice and new!

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