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Friday, September 11, 2009

They're Changing The Guard At Buckingham Palace.

The names and faces of the military and the mercenaries, the people who do the killing and the dying and the waging of wars, those who come home in pieces or in coffins or are buried in obscure mass graves, those whose entire lives are "honored" by working people putting a flag out once a year, those who die way too young, who are lied to and deceived, who never get anything at all, who slaughter women and children and babies when instructed, who are told that they matter, they are important, that their mission is critical, that they are "defending their nation" when they are only acting to steal more wealth for the mass-murderers who declare war and steal the riches and hide in palaces and mansions surrounded by paid mercenaries and young military men, their names and faces change, but the essential structure remains the same.

Buckingham Palace by A. A. Milne

They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
Alice is marrying one of the guard.
"A soldier's life is terrible hard," Says Alice.

They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
We saw a guard in a sentry-box.
"One of the sergeants looks after their socks," Says Alice.

They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
We looked for the King, but he never came.
"Well, God take care of him, all the same," Says Alice.

They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
They've great big parties inside the grounds.
"I wouldn't be King for a hundred pounds," Says Alice.

They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
A face looked out, but it wasn't the King's.
"He's much too busy a-signing things," Says Alice.

They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
"Do you think the King knows all about me?"
"Sure to, dear, but it's time for tea," Says Alice.

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