THE BOOK OF
BEAKS
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BOOK OF BLOODY NOSES
The eastern barbarians have fun
Chapter 6
At some point, the Eastern Roman Empire stopped being there,
2dBut nobody knows when exactly,
3Or why,
4And nobody much cares.
5After that, there was an Ottoman Empire,
6Which was started by some eTurks who believed in putting their feet up a lot,
7For some reason.
8By this time, the Hebrews had moved to Europe,
9fFor some reason,
10Completely abandoning their homeland,
11Which was called Israel,
12Or Canaan,
13Or Palestine,
14Or Zion,
15Or the Land of Milk and Honey,
16Or something or other,
17Which you could look up,
18gIf you cared.
19When the Hebrews left wherever it was,
20For whatever reason,
21The Arabs moved in,
22With lots of camels, and tents, and things on their heads,
23hFor some reason,
24Which was bound to cause trouble later,
25Because no matter what anybody does in the middle east,
26It’s sure to cause lots of trouble later,
27iFor some reason.
28The Persians may also have been up to something about then,
29jSomething involving peacocks,
30kBut maybe not too.
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