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Bastille Day

“Anglo-American”

By Harper Lewis Published 5 months ago • Updated 4 months ago • 1 min read
Bastille Day
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third-generation German immigrant

spewing rhetoric,

calling it the

“Anglo-American” Revolution.

In Paris in 2017,

he said

he wants

his own

Bastille Day.

Let’s teach some history

by giving it to him.

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About the Creator

Harper Lewis

Intrusive rhyme bothers me, except as a weapon.

Intertextuality is my passion.

Formalist/ New Critical are my guiding theories.

My words are mine, not a robot’s.

MA English literature, CofC

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    Written by Harper Lewis