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Since the Beat Police
 
Can't be everywhere, all the time
 
Looking after everybody's shit
 
I propose
 
To design and build
 
A piece of software
 
 
To eliminate the guesswork
 
Call it the "Beatchecker"
 
You'll feed it your poems, your prose
 
Your stories short and long, your
 
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Rants
 
And know instantaneously
 
If they're correctly Beat
 
The software could be extended
 
With audiovisual sensors
 
To analyze paintings and sculpture
 
Spoken and sung performances
 
Eventually, you could feed it
 
The sum total of your existence
 
And learn, in a matter of seconds
 
If your life
 
Is Beat
 
But more than just giving you
 
A True / False summation
 
It will offer helpful suggestions
 
To increase your Beatosity
 
"Use fewer capitals"
 
"Lose the poker-playing dogs"
 
"More black turtlenecks"
 
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