THE BOOK OF DAMN
YANKEES
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BOOK OF MANIFEST DESTINY
A Yank generation gets lost somehow
Chapter 90
Except that it wasn’t all completely great,
2hBecause there was a Yank generation that got lost,
3Somehow,
4For some reason having to do with the World War,
5And what it meant,
6Or something.
7iA lot of the Yanks who got lost were writers and artists and intellectuals,
8Who suddenly found they just weren’t comfortable in America anymore,
9Because the Yanks back home seemed kind of naive,
10And overoptimistic,
11And far too happy,
12And not nearly as much fun to be with as people who have seen a few million of their most promising youth blown away in an jinsanely brutal war.
13kBesides, Yank writers and artists and intellectuals have always needed a ready supply of really good whiskey,
14Which is easier to find in a country where alcohol is legal,
15Like France.
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