Act One Thousand Nine Hundred Forty Seven

capacity daddy tint: “originated burned english”
thief square vacate: “red miles colonies”

rugged furnish tool: “rivers excess ownership”

vagabonds aide justice: “including washington sentiment”

beacon solemn slopes: “troops sections disrupting”

mount villain buzz: “pirates dismal independence”

chance exacting severity: “swamps draining wars”
stiffen noble smithereens: “canebrakes depths irregular”

nominal weeps glide: “army refuge researchers”

shape puppet moot: “encompassing during shenandoah”

broken threads depend: “authority freedom dissolved”

trial indulge conquest: “story fled ancestors.”

John Crouse and Jim Leftwich


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