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A DIVERSITY OF CREATURES

Holy State or Holy King—
   Or Holy People's Will—
Have no truck with the senseless thing.
   Order the guns and kill!
      Saying— after—me:—


Once there was The People—Terror gave it birth;
Once there was The People and it made a Hell of Earth.
Earth arose and crushed it. Listen, O ye slain!
Once there was The People—it shall never be again!