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Stars and Bars

The red bars of Austria meet

The white stars of the southern plains
In cycle

In circle

In the northeastern parts of blue

Each star for each state of the Confederate mind
7, 9, 11, and 13

South Carolina,

Mississippi,
Florida,

Alabama,

Georgia,
Louisiana,

Texas

Then Virginia and Arkansas
Then North Carolina and Tennessee

Then Missouri and Kentucky

7, 9, 11 and 13

A sequence of confederate convergence.
Stars and Stripes

Stars and Bars

Stars and Stripes
Stars and Bars

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