from The King by Donald Barthelme:
“Shall we give the Italians some part of what they want? I think not. They’ll only be back.”
“We could bomb Milan. A preemptive strike. Make them reflect on things. Last things.”
“I have never acquired a taste for bombing civilian populations,” said the king. “It seems a violation of the social contract. We’re supposed to do the fighting, and they’re supposed to pay for it.”
“Those were the days.”
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