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\title{Political Alphabet}
\date{1902}
\author{Ross Winn}
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A stands for Ananias,\forcelinebreak
~~~~The politician’s patron saint.\forcelinebreak
B is for Boodle, which\forcelinebreak
~~~~Doth all legislation taint.\forcelinebreak
C stands for Congress, D.C.,\forcelinebreak
~~~~Where all kinds of laws are invented.\forcelinebreak
D stands for Democracy,\forcelinebreak
~~~~Whose dupes are somewhat demented.\forcelinebreak
E stands for Expansion, which\forcelinebreak
~~~~Stands for piracy and plunder.\forcelinebreak
F stands for Freedom, a word\forcelinebreak
~~~~Mostly used for political thunder.\forcelinebreak
G stands for Gall and Gab,\forcelinebreak
~~~~The politicians’ greatest essentials.\forcelinebreak
H is a sulphurious place\forcelinebreak
~~~~Where lawyers need no credentials.\forcelinebreak
I is the personal pronoun\forcelinebreak
~~~~That the candidate uses most.\forcelinebreak
J’s for a four-legged rascal,\forcelinebreak
~~~~Prototype of a political host.\forcelinebreak
K stands for Kansas State,\forcelinebreak
~~~~Where Mrs. Nation smashes things.\forcelinebreak
L’s for Lying, a habit\forcelinebreak
~~~~Never discouraged by political rings.\forcelinebreak
M stands for Militia and Muskets\forcelinebreak
~~~~The props that uphold every State.\forcelinebreak
N stands for National Spirit,\forcelinebreak
~~~~That divides all humanity with hate.\forcelinebreak
O stands for Oligarchy,\forcelinebreak
~~~~That rules with a scepter of gold.\forcelinebreak
P stands for People, whose rights\forcelinebreak
~~~~By the political shysters are sold.\forcelinebreak
Q stands for political Quacks,\forcelinebreak
~~~~Who would cure every ill with a law.\forcelinebreak
R stands for Republican rule\forcelinebreak
~~~~That’s supreme from Maine to the Kaw.\forcelinebreak
S stands for Stupidity, the same\forcelinebreak
~~~~That fills so completely the dear people’s heads.\forcelinebreak
T stands for Teddy, out onlyest Ted,\forcelinebreak
~~~~Who would so strenuously stamp out all the “Reds”.\forcelinebreak
U is for the Union\forcelinebreak
~~~~A venerated fake.\forcelinebreak
V is for Violence,\forcelinebreak
~~~~That governments make.\forcelinebreak
W’s for Washington,\forcelinebreak
~~~~Where the lawmakers revel.\forcelinebreak
Z’s for the Zeal\forcelinebreak
~~~~That statesmen serve the devil.
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Ross Winn

Political Alphabet



1902

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http:\Slash{}\Slash{}en.wikisource.org\Slash{}wiki\Slash{}Political\_Alphabet

Originally appearing in \emph{Free Society}, April 13, 1902.



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