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Grand Safari Double

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What do you think of my entry in the "Drink beer and drive to the game with the radio on" poetry challenge?

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Onto the chaparral
under a lone star,
a flock of seagulls,
raiders with intrigue,
paint red stripes
in the clash.

Olympia and Mercury,
rainy oilers on
men at work,
a cavalier grand safari,
at anchor,
steam.

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(Do I get double points for 'Cavalier'; both a car and a ballplayer?)
Au contraire, madam. I began working on this yesterday.
Au contraire, monsure. Cavaliers is a BB team. A Cavalier is one of them.

Didn't you say "in each line"?

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