Lawrence Hall
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Dispatches for the Colonial Office

                             Soup as a Medium of Exchange

In today’s trading soups were generally down
Although vegetable beef found a brisk trade
Potato soup was bullish in Block D
And each minestrone was five cigarettes

The market closed slightly up at evening count
But this could not compensate for the day’s fall
Naked-lady tats are expected to go high this week
Ten soups for an inked image of yo’ mama

The morning market will open in this metal hell
When some dumb * rings that *ing bell