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No. 2152: The reply churlish

`Twinkle, twinkle, little star... "Little lamb, who made thee?' Poets sometimes ask irritating questions. You are invited to supply a sharp rejoinder in verse on the part of a person or object interrogated in a well-known line of poetry. Maximum 16 lines. Entries to 'Competition No. 2152' by 31 August.