O, For a Plenipotentiary

Would that we had a plenipotentiary
    (Would that we knew what that was)

  Perhaps we'd empty the enemy's penitentiaries
    ~ by the end of the twenty-first century
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Rodrigues Avatar
June 8, 2023 at 8:23 PM
O no! Hopeful for penitence…
Wolf Avatar
June 8, 2023 at 8:42 PM
Me, too. Or at least a 'Get out of Jail Free card!' ~ Man in the Striped Pajamas
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