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Journey to the Center of the Dot

by Johannes Eff

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Once upon a time the legislator who was Chairman of the Senate Tides and Gravity Control Committee, Came to the decision that whatever else one could say about Mother Nature it certainly was a pitee That the Sun controlled the tides and the Moon influenced gravity, Since so much power could only lead to corruption and other forms of illiberal depravity.

So he scheduled a public hearing which was to be held the following Tuesday, A kind of awkward day for the Secretary of State to appear because that was to be his Hang- Around – The – Department-To-Listen-With-Implacable-Patience-To-People – Opposed – To- His – Travel – Ban – On – Escaped-Burglars-Who-Want-To-Go-To-Monte Carlo-In-Season Give-Their-Views Day.

JE

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