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One of my teachers is looking for the author and title of the following poem. We are assuming she has the first part but even this way I could not help her. I used Granger' index (electronic). We are hoping someone out there will recognize it. She uses it as part of a package given to her at an AP conference. Here is the first stanza (we think) I wonder whether one expects Flowing tie or expert sex Or even absent-mindedness of poets any longer. Less Candour than the average, Less confidence, a ready rage, Alertness when it comes to beer An affectation that their ear For music is a little weak, These are the attributes we seek; But surely not the morning train, The office lunch, the look of pain Down the blotched suburban grass, Not the weekly trance at Mass... Drawing on my sober dress These, alas, I must confess. Please respond to: Olga Erbe aglo@nevada.edu