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The Ballad of Captain Max

Max was born in the Vatican hospital As bombs dropped down on Rome Life wasn’t always so logical Max sailed away from home.

A child of old nobility from Gaetano Filangieri and Lobkowicz Bohemia to Reader-Written Media.

Born into war, Max lived in peace. Max Art Core for your Free Speech!

Captain Max – He Steered the ship The goal’s the journey Life’s a Trip! With Dr. Suzy as his admiral and his wife They lived a bonobo kind of life…

Max joined the U.S. army at a fort outside of town He always hit the bullseye when he fired off his rounds. But when he realized it meant killing, he threw his rifle down.

Max would never commit violence But he would not be silenced. So Max set sail for media dreams making Reader-Written Magazines Love, Hate, God, Finger, LA Star showed us humans for what we are.

What Max called “reader-written,” we now call social media Though Max did it 30 years before Wikipedia.

But the local police didn’t like what Max preached,........

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