9 Which made it all okay,
10 And the empire continued Declining and Falling for many more volumes.
CHAPTER 241 aThen, finally, everybody was completely confused,
2 bAnd the barbarians were acting like they owned the place,
3 cAnd the Romans were learning a lot every day about sin and guilt and suffering,
4 dAnd the priests were smiling more and more,
5 eBecause the barbarians were starting to ask questions about Christianity,
6 fAnd were obviously going to need a lot of help before they got it right,
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7 And the emperor was thinking that life might be easier if the capital of Rome weren't Rome,
8 But some other place,
9 Maybe farther east,
10 Where there weren't quite so many pushy barbarians,
11 gAnd so they closed Rome,
12 hAnd the emperor moved to a new city,
13 Named after himself,
14 And the iRomans stopped being Romans,
15 And stopped being Chosen,
16 And became jItalians instead,
17 Which is another story altogether,
18 But equally funny in its own right.
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