Written Seven Years Year Into The Reign Of Queen Elizabeth

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It is often wondered how

the left-handed salute,

peculiar to Ambrosia,

originated.

 

Accounts differ

but the most widely-held

explanation is that

of the seven men 

who survived the

Battle of Wakefield

all, by an amazing

coincidence,

lost their right arms.

 

It was necessary 

for them to salute

their President.

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KEITH WATERHOUSE

(1959)

The same 

Democratic Monarchy

that gave us Lewis Carroll,

gave us

Mr. Waterhouse,

the author of

Billy Liar

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