Benjamin Franklin & The Brignac Sisters

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To the Brignac sisters, Ben Franklin bequeathed 
a very small fraction of his estate. 

Mr. Franklin called them his dancing bears 
and they called him big bad Benny.
 
Anise had an IQ of 1776. 

The inferior intelligence of her sister 
was an IQ of only 1492. 

Bette wore colonial leggings cut shorter 
than had ever been seen in the colonies 
and thereby invented hot pants. 

Her first lover was a slave named James Brown. 

The first postmistress sold more  postage stamps 
per hour than any postmaster in the history 
of the United States. 

“B. Free Franklin” was the postmark, 
technically stamped by a slave named James Brown.
 
After the American Revolution, the Brignac sisters
lived in an ostensibly free society but strict 
behavioral guidelines morally 
restricted their gender. 

However, the word “sub-servient” 
was not in the Brignac dictionary. 

Anise married Sammy Adams and drove him 
so crazy, he had to brew his own beer.
 
To the descendents of Bette and Anise, 
that small fraction of money just kept 
getting “improperly”–ha!–
larger and larger. 

To be continued upon request
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