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Unsolicited charity gifts spark a mailbox uprising
A humorous piece rails against junk mail from charities from return labels to calendars and poems. The narrator vows to stop funding by sending back food instead of money, mocking endless solicitations and noting irony of bills for undesired items. The essay ends with a cheeky plan to mail a herring as thanks.
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Land’s End
J. Peterman
Katherine Hepburn
Abraham Lincoln
Special Olympics
Omaha
Vassar
General Mills
Congress
Nancy
Lydia
Ron
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