we did not Dye in vain!

from “songs of the sea snails”

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though i’m just a slimy crawler,

     my lineage is proud:

my forebears gave their lives

     (oh, let the trumps blare loud!)

so purple-mantled Royals

     might stand out in a crowd.

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i salute you, fellow loyals,

     who labor without scruple

as your incomes fall

     while deficits quadruple

to swaddle unjust Lords

     in bright imperial purple!

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Originally published by The American Dissident