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Alan Jay Lerner revised
Version 2
The rain in Ukraine
remains mainly in the plains.
Version 3
The rain near Maine
remains mainly in the main.
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note-
The main is an archaic term for the sea.
Alan Jay Lerner was the lyricist
for My Fair Lady and wrote
'the rain in Spain stays mainly
on the plain'
States are pies for oligarchs
States are pies for oligarchs and their puppeted rulers to divide. In this era, the dividers usually work together. Sometimes those knives clang and clash over an especially sweet piece of the pie. The civilians gathering the crumbs below face the sharp end of their bickering blades.