Liber Saturni - Chapter 62

Verses

Verse 75

PROCLAMATION OF THE SEVENTH NIGHT: dignity is optional after the second cup.

Verse 76

All solemn hats are to be exchanged at random.

Verse 77

Anyone caught explaining the rules of Saturnalia must immediately violate one.

Verse 78

Tonight the baker judges the magistrate's bread.

Verse 79

The magistrate may appeal to the geese.

Verse 80

The geese are notoriously strict.

Verse 81

Servants sit first. Masters discover whether they know where plates are kept.

Verse 82

Poets may pay debts in metaphors until sunrise, after which creditors may retaliate.

Verse 83

Cats are exempt from role reversal because they already behave as aristocracy and labor dispute simultaneously.

Verse 84

A jinn shall occupy the treasury and return exactly what was there, merely rearranged to cause suspicion.

Verse 85

No prophecy of doom may be delivered without a festive ribbon.

Verse 86

Anyone shouting THE OLD WAYS shall specify which century and provide snacks.

Verse 87

Tonight we remember that customs are costumes worn long enough to forget the body.

Verse 88

Tomorrow some costumes return.

Verse 89

Not all should.

Verse 90

Raise a cup to Saturn the Bound, Saturn Unbound, Saturn Who Probably Regrets Giving Us Holidays.

Verse 91

Raise another to the worker who made the cup.

Verse 92

Raise water too; tomorrow has legal authority.

Verse 93

At midnight exchange names with strangers.

Verse 94

At one, forget which name was yours.

Verse 95

At two, argue theology with furniture.

Verse 96

At three, forgive the furniture.

Verse 97

At dawn untie what can safely remain untied.

Verse 98

Then clean the street.

Verse 99

Revolution also leaves bottles.