Magazine doesn't rhyme with zip. Clip does. This is logical and is in fact reasonable in a bit of light verse. For example, want to take issue with Semper Paratus' use of the word "gruel"? Perhaps Uday and Qusay stopped in for a bit of mutton, perhaps they didn't eat at all. But since mutton doesn't rhyme with Mosul, and saying that "Uday and Qusay stopped in to not eat at all" is awkward, SP is using something called "poetic license."
For your edification:
poetic license (noun) -
1. license used by a writer or artist to heighten the effect of their work
Now that the frog has been dissected, let's move on to:
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Ah, assumptions, assumptions...