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No Crime in Rhymin’
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No Crime in Rhymin’

Joe Váradi
Joe Váradi

Apr 11, 2020

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The Cologne Wars

a New York City epic, in three acts

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Act One: Vinnie and Tommy

Two bachelors, alike in vanity,
On fair Staten Island made their homes;
Their self-love border’d on insanity,
Never without cologne nor pocket combs.

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