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Lordly Doings

Knight and Day

By Andrew C McDonaldPublished about a year ago 1 min read
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Lordly Doings
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A lord built a castle surrounded by a moat

Gave his knights lances and a chainmail coat

Told the people taxes to me thou must pay

To me you owe fealty is what he didst say

Peasants stormed his castle and chainmail don’t float

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Andrew C McDonald

Andrew McDonald is a 911 dispatcher of 30 yrs with a B.S. in Math (1985). He served as an Army officer 1985 to 1992, honorably exiting a captain.

https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Keys-Andrew-C-McDonald-ebook/dp/B07VM843XL?ref_=ast_author_dp

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