For Phil North, on the occasion of the election of Donald Trump
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Phil North, the Hyperborean
Doth know, as a historian
That kings and empires big and small
All fall and rise, and rise and fall
His studies of the ancient lands
No mere mortal understands
Greeks and Celts and bloody Romans
Dodgy cults and phallic gnomons
Ask a question if you dare
And he will tell you then and there
Dark mysteries of war and men
Of what they did, and why, and when
And show you where it all began
Beyond first cause and fall of man
Where you will find what he has found
Just gyres, turning round and round
And ‘neath the sun no new surprise
All rise and fall, and fall and rise
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© Gail Foster 9th November 2016
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