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Insurrection

 One thing to celebrate this week is Georgia, and so some people's thoughts are turning to "Georgia on My Mind": Georgia, Georgia.... The whole day through.... Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind.... Hoagy Carmichael wrote this with his roommate, and though rumors have stated the song is for a *person* named Georgia, the real inspiration seems to be the Southern state. Someone asked a friend to write a song about Georgia, and that person joked: "The first two words could be GEORGIA! GEORGIA!" ....And the rest is history. Each day, Georgia.... A song of you.... Comes as sweet and clear as moonlight through the pines.... Now we're getting fancy. The speaker uses a simile to show his love--the state of Georgia--just what is happening in his heart. A climax: The rule of threes. Other arms reach out to me.... Other eyes smile tenderly.... Still, in peaceful dreams, I see The road leads back to you, my beautiful Georgia... And a strange, bittersweet en...