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                                The hidden stone ripens fast,
                                Then laid bare like a turnip
                                Can easily be cut out at last
                                But even then the danger isn't past.
                                That man lives best who's fain
                                To live half mad, half sane.
                                        -- Flemish Poet Jan van
                                           Stijevoort, 1524


THE ERISIAN AFFIRMATION

BEFORE THE GODDESS ERIS, I (name or holy name), DO HEREWITH DECLARE
MYSELF A POEE BROTHER OF THE LEGION OF DYNAMIC DISCORD.
HAIL HAIL HAIL HAIL HAIL ERIS ERIS ERIS ERIS ERIS
ALL HAIL DISCORDIA!

The presiding POEE Official (if any) responds:

ALL HAIL DISCORDIA!

                              DON'T PHONE

FIND THE GODDESS ERIS                          To diverse gods
WITHIN YOUR PINEAL GLAND                        Do mortals bow;
         POEE                                   Holy Cow, and
                                                Wholly Chao.
                                               -- Rev. Dr. Grindlebone
"Common sense is what tells you that              Monroe Cabal
the world is flat."