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Poetry: What's your notion?

by Linda Ann Nickerson

A NATION'S NEW NOTION

Now it is time to proclaim.
New notions can set me aflame.
Needing answers and more,
Never known heretofore,
Nudged along curiosity's game.

Niggling name-droppers, no food for thought,
Nodding sycophants, notions store-bought.
Nonsense offers its odds,
Nominating the frauds.
Needless, neutral is something I'm not.

Not to negate a nation's belief,
Neither noticing nothing's motif,
No . . . now we need novel relief.

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