14 aAnd a brand-new supreme court to interpret the Constitution for the greatest number of goods,
15 bExcept that one didn't work out too well and Roosevelt had to keep the old supreme court the way it was,
16 But it turned out all right anyway,
17 cBecause he had fireside chats on the radio,
18 dAnd talked directly to the Yanks about how things ought to be,
19 eAnd got elected to a second term,
20 fEven though the Great Depression was almost as bad as when he started,
21 gBecause for now the Yanks were content with the fact that at least nobody rich was getting away with anything,
22 For once.
CHAPTER 991 By now, of course, the hexpatriates were all back home,
2 Because strange things were happening in Europe,
3 And there were fascists all over the place,
4 iIn Germany,
5 jAnd Italy,
6 kAnd Spain,
7 lWhere the trains were all running on time,
8 mAnd where the Jews and left-wingers and dissidents were all running for their lives,
9 Which made it important to come home,
10 nAnd lecture the Yanks about their social and political responsibilities,
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11 Which they were kind of in the mood for anyway,
12 What with their new interest in oequality and the pgreatest good and so forth,
13 And not really having any money to spend anyhow.
CHAPTER 1001 And so, Yank culture finally started getting serious,
2 qAnd talking about real life,
3 Including a writer named rJohn Steinbeck,
4 sWho had noticed that poor white trash didn't have any money,
5 tAnd a writer named uJohn Dos Passos who had noticed that life in America wasn't completely fair,
6 vAnd a writer named wJohn O'Hara who had noticed that life in America wasn't completely fair even if you had a little money,
7 xAnd a writer named yF. Scott Fitzgerald who had noticed that life in America wasn't completely fair even if you had lots and lots of money,
8 zAnd a writer named aaWilliam Faulkner who had noticed that life in the south was so bbunfair that it could drive you to drink,
9 ccAnd a playwright named Eugene O'Neill who had noticed that life was like some tragic comedy of errors,
10 ddEspecially if you have a bunch of alcoholic relatives,
11 eeAnd a certified literary genius named ffHemingway who noticed that life wasn't completely fair even if you used a lot of picturesque Spanish words in italics,
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