Plebeians, not Americans (Trailer Park Rome, Revisited I.)

The very deep did rot: O Christ! That ever this should be! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge, from The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner. ... Yes makin' mock of uniforms that guard you while you sleep, Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap; An' hustling drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit Is five times better business…