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British diplomats and Anglo-American types in Washington have a near-superstitious prohibition on uttering the words 'Special Relationship' to describe relations between Britain and America, lest the specialness itself vanish like a phantom at cock-crow.
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― Hitch 22: A Memoir
― Hitch 22: A Memoir
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*Poem: Washington D.C. (The District)*
I love it
In this square
of columns and obelisks…
and monuments designed
to align
with constellations:
To symbolize our protection.
Serius. Virgo. Sun.
Washington,
Here where Virginia and Maryland meet, and greet.
Streets and corner-stones laid
In the glorious shapes
of Pentagrams and Christian crosses
And cubes and pyramids,
And the Blazing Star set on a ley line,
And the temple in the eye.
Homes, made
of red-brick, and granite
Stones.
Laus Deo!
Answ
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― The Pursuit of Happiness: A Book of Poems Honoring Our American Values
― The Pursuit of Happiness: A Book of Poems Honoring Our American Values
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