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I loosen my belt and remove my shoes
   So, dear, what's going on in the news
They blocked the streets; tore down statues
   No surprise there; of what were they accused

The protestors, nothing; but the statues held leftist views
   What?  What are you saying, dear?  Now I'm confused
Honey, it seems that a staunch abolitionist was the first one abused
   Huh?  An abolitionist?  For what was his statue so cruelly used

I don't know. He organized a militia to fight slavery; he was super-enthused
   -- Oh, yeah.  Hans Christian Heg; maybe one of those religious yahoos
Then that explains that!... Darling I'd really like to continue to schmooze --
   But I promised the girls I'd help topple Arethusa of Syracuse...



Notes: Hans Christian Heg's statue was, indeed decapitated today in
          Madison, Wisconsin.  His 'crime:' He was an abolitionist who organized
          a group of Wisconsinites into a Union militia in order to fight against
          slavery in the Civil War... Go figure!
         
         Arethusa was a naiad nymph of the sacred Greek colony of Syracuse.
         Virgil felt that she inspired pastoral poetry.  (Like the above... lol).

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