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Malapropism?

The pedagogues are wrong.
You can be effected by ads.

Take the case of Busty Barbara,
craftily levered into my lap
by a column rule
on the 'adult entertainment' page
of the Evening News,

groaning and gasping
at ungrammatical pleasures,
while anxious traffic
punctiliously changes gear
on the hill outside.

Must get her telephone number.