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Come to me ye minions<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 and I will sell you smoke and fog;<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 allow you to bathe in my fountains of oil;<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 and free you from the far madding mob.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Come tell me your opinions<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 from your position in the bog.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I will reward your loyalty and toil,<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 cheating you out of your money and your job.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Profit is my motive.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have no other course.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your coins are my sacred votive.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your weakness is my force.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the fields and in the city,<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 the crops and buildings burn.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your misfortune is a pity,<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 but none of my concern. <\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Spring 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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