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But knotted perimeters o’erlap and contradict.  
But knotted perimeters o’erlap and contradict.  
Bossy strictures grind upon our chasest industries
Bossy strictures grind upon our chasest industries
Our every little act hemmed in by rainbow rules of ill-scop’d application.
Our smallest act hemmed in by rainbow rules of ill-scop’d application.
Ours not to make reply nor reason why —
Ours not to make reply nor reason why —
But silent and comply.
But be silent and, sans fuss, comply.
{{script|Queen}}: What causeth this?
{{script|Queen}}: What causeth this?
{{script|Regolamento}}: The ropish scars of distant misadventure  
{{script|Regolamento}}: The ropish scars of distant misadventure  
Each shrill response to imprudent trips and grapples
Give the fib to saintly visage.
Each time we suffer a wormy bite of rotten apple,
The watchers’ shrill response to past imprudence:
Whether harmed or just embarrassed, some busy-body is at hand
This misbegotten step, that ill-timed grapple
To record, reflect, to punish, and encode
Each wormy bite we take of rotten apple — each one marks us deep.
In cryptic ciphers which thereafter he or she doth not deign to explain or change.
If harmed or just abash’d, some fuss-pot regulators’ soon at hand
It set in stone and codified, for good or ill.
To apportion reprimand. And soon thereafter to encode
In cryptic ciphers fresh directives which thereafter he
{{script|Inclusivia}}: Or she.
{{script|Regolamento}}: Or she or they — abstain from explication,
But set in stone and codify, for good or ill.
We know not what it means. It might be this or that.
{{script|Queen}}: Canst thou not get a ruling?
{{script|Queen}}: Canst thou not get a ruling?
{{script|Nuncle}}: A worthy thought. A pretty feeling.
{{script|Nuncle}}: A worthy thought. A pretty feeling.
And ask him, while you’re there, to nail jelly to the ceiling.
And ask them, while you’re there, to nail your jelly to the ceiling.
{{script|Regolamento}}: We take our bitter medicines  
{{script|Regolamento}}: We take our bitter medicines  
Ev’n while we let this gleaming engine stack silt up
Ev’n while we let this gleaming engine stack silt up

Revision as of 10:45, 25 October 2022

Regolamento: Th’untended thatch of shin-tangling rulery sleepeth not. Slim principles of good behaviour — short days ago, a waxing star Play out their scenes as half-recollected dreams. O, happy reverie! Was there e’er so sweet a time? Was compliant life so fair? Who knew what glinting jewels we held! Jewels once, but crush’d to charcoal in our hands. Queen: Doth statutory obeisance bring you low? Nuncle: Not so low he couldn’t raise an army, liege. Regolamento: ’Tis true: the count of heads giv’n to policery is fat — But knotted perimeters o’erlap and contradict. Bossy strictures grind upon our chasest industries Our smallest act hemmed in by rainbow rules of ill-scop’d application. Ours not to make reply nor reason why — But be silent and, sans fuss, comply. Queen: What causeth this? Regolamento: The ropish scars of distant misadventure Give the fib to saintly visage. The watchers’ shrill response to past imprudence: This misbegotten step, that ill-timed grapple Each wormy bite we take of rotten apple — each one marks us deep. If harmed or just abash’d, some fuss-pot regulators’ soon at hand To apportion reprimand. And soon thereafter to encode In cryptic ciphers fresh directives which thereafter he Inclusivia: Or she. Regolamento: Or she — or they — abstain from explication, But set in stone and codify, for good or ill. We know not what it means. It might be this or that. Queen: Canst thou not get a ruling? Nuncle: A worthy thought. A pretty feeling. And ask them, while you’re there, to nail your jelly to the ceiling. Regolamento: We take our bitter medicines Ev’n while we let this gleaming engine stack silt up As like a discarded hulk, half-buried in the mud at Tilbury In that rich and loamy sod low stunted shrubs whose thorny limbs the squalling wind doth shriek. We set our team with adze and axe and secateurs They hack at growling branches who mandate This matchèd trade, that time-stamp, some other reconcile o pedanrty. But it is a labour more riskful then rewarding.