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CHRISTOPHER BRITTON
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Marie's Mistake

As Marie Antoinette said
Giving her head a petulant shake,
If the peasants are hungry,
"Let them eat cake!"
But, alas for Marie,
She'd made a fatal mistake,
For this mob's appetite
No pastry could slake.
Now Marie no longer utters
Such provocative pearls,
Nor expresses herself
Witha toss of hr curls.

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Christopher Britton was born in 1943 at Toledo, Ohio. He is the author of poetry, short stories, and a novel, Paybacks (Donald I. Fine, 1985). He is a trial lawyer and a partner in the law firm Ferris & Britton located in San Diego, California. Britton obtained his B.A. from the University of Iowa in 1965, and his J.D. from Duke University in 1968. He was admitted to practiced in 1968. He served as a Captain in the United States Marine Corp from 1968 to 1971.
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