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she pardons the parson for arson,
saying, "so ardent an artist he is!"
and orders her good-humored roomer 
out on border patrol
when petrol wanes she pirates
an irate pilot in violet velour
for the sake of our island inviolate
advocating violence to keep us secure

I guess
I'm a little bit obsessed
with our regal regentess
benevolent dictatrix
matron to our micronation
without her this atoll would take its toll
without her we'd be no nation at all
For now I'm in a state of Caroline
in a state of Caroline, in a state of Caroline

patron of the arts, she makes us an ark
in one-eighth scale
awakens at dawn to take in the song
of grey noise on the radio
we're all alone and so we postpone
the signing of our constitution
written in sand, her elegant hand
subsides into the ocean

I confess...
[rest of chorus]

we survived the famine with most of our
sanity intact
the families of those we lost doubt our
humanity
we watched cartoons
until the harpoons came
famished we supped upon
salmon and manatee
what doesn't kill you gives you cancer
what doesn't kill you is saving you for later
The state of Caroline
I'm in
is now just
a state of mind

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from Names of Things and What They Do, released November 6, 2015

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