70 Year Magazine Archive

VERSE July 4 Ode in Newspeak

by Morrie Ryskind

Ode Written in Newspeak

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Ring out, ring out, Security Bell! Ring out all over the U.S.A.! On this, our sacred Dependence Day, Proclaim the truths that we know so well: Toil and thrift are a twin impurity Scorned by a nation that’s come to maturity; Self-reliance is out-of-date, And a patriot depends on The State—So down with Freedom and hail Security!

(And to hell, to hell With the flibberty-gibberty Liberty Bell!)

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