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<figure> <a href=" <img alt="" class="img-responsive" src=" /> </a> </figure> <h5>A fable for our times (with apologies to Shel Silverstein)</h5> <p>By David Kamp and Joe McKendry</p> <p>Once there was a guardrail …</p><p>and it</p><p>looked after</p><p>a</p><p>little boy.</p><p>And every day</p><p>the boy</p><p>would come</p><p>and</p><p>he</p><p>would</p><p>kick</p><p>its</p><p>beams</p><p>and scream at it</p><p>and curse at it</p><p>and tell the rail</p><p>that he woul...