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writings to our mother
Which announces spring
There shall be weeping and wailing
And gnashing of teeth
A plague of rats shall be upon you
They will eat cords of wires and wreck cars,
They will dirty your food
Your homes will be plunged into darkness
The rats will bite your children in their beds,
And run over your hot dinners
Sickness will run rampant across the land
You will mourn the destruction of the homes of the rat
killers
The Brown, Garter and Milk Snakes
The Red Fox and Coyote
Niagara Falls
You are already morning
Since you did not heed the prophets’ warning.