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The seasoned limewood logs
Flicker in the fireplace.
Doctor Piers Stockton
Lights his second-best pipe
And settles down to read
His star student's
Latest essay.
The writing is plainly
The work
Of a sick
And depraved mind.
The essay speaks
Of love
And honour
And duty
And self-sacrifice
And magnificent triumph
Against insuperable odds.
The essay
Connects at no point
With Western establishment values.
It contains no hint
Of cynicism,
Manipulation
Or deceit.
Indeed, it has nothing seminal
To say about democratic ideals,
Post-enlightenment intellection,
A free press
Or capitalist opportunism.
Syntactically flawless,
It is a profoundly depressing read.
Dr Stockton
Screws up the essay
And tosses it into the fire.
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