BOMBS bursting
     in air
     there

arbitrary power
is most easily established
on the ruins of liberty
abused to licentiousness

LIES leveraging
     in homes
     here

a slender acquaintance with the world
must convince every man
that actions, not words,
are the true criterion of the attachment of friends

these MEN
these men who burn
     with arrogant appetites
these government gluttons
     who consume the globe

the children of avarice,
the brothers of iniquity,
the fathers of mischief

are not my brothers
these OTHERS
have no claim on Washington as father
     as they reject his patriotism
     for the prurient paternalism
     he rejected

associate yourself with men of good quality
if you esteem your own reputation
for 'tis better to be alone than in
bad company.

nobility is the only flag
forever free to burn inside, inextinguishable
     by traitors & hatemongers
     & destroyers & cowards
     & friends & neighbors
     & you & you & YOU

labor to keep alive in your breast that little
spark of celestial fire called conscience