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Competiti©n

No. 1199: Unhappy lot

Set by Jaspistos:` A policeman's lot is not a happy one,' remarked W. S. Gilbert, but what about parking meter attendants? You are invited to compose a poetical lament (maximum 16 lines) on the part of one of these hard-pressed public servants. Entries to 'Competition No. 1199' by 15 January.