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in us and over us:
40,000 Big Beetle eyes
up in Britain's skies
over the post office queue

they giggle over the tapes
of our lives lived by their cue
here in the margins
of their flicker book cartoon

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I am "Panchita Paloma" from "Papa Dulce", Mejico - I have come to Coconino County to pour the balm of calm, and peace among its warring, battling, belligerent population - I am the Plenipotentiary of Peace, the Ambassador of Amity - and - it is my mission to make a dove cote out of this eagle's aerie -

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"Officer Pupp" must be made to see with clear, undusty eye the bright beam of concord - and toss into oblivion his implements of carnage - his club, cap, badge, buttons, and braid - and fare forth into the chaste, calm, and charity of a pacific populace.

(George Herriman, 30 Dec. 1928)