The Justice of the Peace - Hilaire Belloc
Distinguish carefully between these two,
This thing is yours, that other thing is mine.
You have a shirt, a brimless hat, a shoe
And half a coat. I am the benign
Of fifty hundred acres of fat land
To which I have a right. You understand?
I have a right because I have, because
Because I have, because I have a right.
Now be quite calm and good, obey the laws,
Remember your low station, do not fight
Against the goad, because, you know it pricks
Whenever the uncleanly demos kicks.
I do not envy you your hat, your shoe.
Why should you envy me my small estate?
It's fearfully illogical of you
To fight with economic force and fate.
Moreover, I have got the upper hand,
And means to keep it. Do you understand?
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