Verse 55
On the first day we abolished the throne.
On the first day we abolished the throne.
On the second day we abolished the word throne because several citizens were sitting suspiciously high.
On the third day chairs above regulation height were confiscated.
On the fourth day we created the Committee for Horizontal Equality.
The committee required a chairperson.
By the sixth day the chairperson had a raised platform for visibility.
By the seventh day we arrested a carpenter.
He asked what crime he had committed. We said verticalism.
He laughed, so we added counterrevolutionary acoustics.
Uranus, patron of disruption, looked down—or sideways; the geometry was disputed—and offered no endorsement.
We printed his symbol on every permit anyway.
Thus freedom acquired stamps, uniforms, and office hours.
I was executed for pointing out the resemblance. I submit this testimony posthumously and remain opposed to committee procedure.