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A Rousing Speech

‘A Rousing Speech’ By stock-still flags on the hottest day Recorded, He delivered a rousing speech to about six Hundred. At the end of his speech the caps would be hurled Skyward. The sky was the blue of the blue sky on a Postcard. There it all is in a black-and-white shot in the Paper. Depicting the memorable scene at his alma Mater. The sky is the grey it would turn and, in capitals Under: PRESIDENT RALLIES THE TROOPS FOR THE WAR ON THUNDER. Glyn Maxwell from Hide Now (Picador 2008)

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