{"id":1270,"date":"2017-01-14T04:56:59","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T12:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2017-01-14T04:56:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-14T12:56:59","slug":"hark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/hark\/","title":{"rendered":"Hark!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hark, dear friends, a terrible fate
\nAmerica ran down the sewer grate
\nBeavers shouted \u201cdamn!\u201d But it was too late
\nThey were attending a party at 10,000 a plate
\n\u201cWhat to do?\u201d said the otter to its mate
\n\u201cWhy I otter\u2026\u201d was the reply-but it was too late
\nThe Dragon said, \u201cWe\u2019ll consolidate!\u201d
\n\u201cWe can own this parched landscape if we concoctitrate!\u201d
\n\u201cIf anyone tries to stop us we\u2019ll denunciate!\u201d
\n\u201cBerate. Sublimate. Keep both eyes on Homeplate. Trust in me and I will make this land again great!\u201d
\n\u201cThe first thing we\u2019ll do is seal up those drains.
\nSo we can keep all the water when it rains.\u201d
\nAnd the creatures sang the dragon’s refrains
\nAnd they praised his renowned business brains
\nSo they sealed up those drains
\nAnd muddied those plains
\nAnd reminded that only a traitor complains
\nAbout the mixture of clean water with sewer drains
\nAnd how drinking sewage causes stomach pains
\nBut complaints, the dragon, he disdains
\nFor it is his golden reign.
\nLet it rain golden showers.
\nLet it rain. Let it rain.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hark, dear friends, a terrible fate America ran down the sewer grate Beavers shouted \u201cdamn!\u201d But it was too late They were attending a party at 10,000 a plate \u201cWhat to do?\u201d said the otter to its mate \u201cWhy I otter\u2026\u201d was the reply-but it was too late The Dragon said, \u201cWe\u2019ll consolidate!\u201d \u201cWe can own this parched landscape if we concoctitrate!\u201d \u201cIf anyone tries to stop us we\u2019ll denunciate!\u201d \u201cBerate. Sublimate. Keep both eyes on Homeplate. Trust in me and I will make this land again great!\u201d \u201cThe first thing we\u2019ll do is seal up those drains. 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