This posting has a complete essay at the top. Within it are a number of short essays that are summarized by a poem and completed by a song. If the song is unclear to you or you wonder what it means, read that part of the essay. If you do nothing else, before you leave the page, click on White Hot Mercy.
Prologue
The Kingdom is not a Circle (Sorry VP Vance)
White Hot Mercy
The Emperor Before Ambrose
Let Justice Reign
Voices of the Good Road 
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