“Three Statues” / Memorable Fancies #2746

[“There is disrespect in setting up a dead man’s effigy and then not unveiling it.” – Max Beerbohm]

Statue #1: The former Prime Minister – still veiled after fifteen years as a show of revulsion for his decisions, and his indecisions that were even worse.

Statue #2: No one knows who is depicted in this statue’s form. No one is allowed to peek under the covering veil. When the wind blows, we gather, watch the cloth swirl around the form, try to guess who it … was … or perhaps … is …

Statue #3: We all believed it was a statue, that veiled form. But there are rumors that it’s just a rock, a formless form appropriate to the policies of the late Prime Minister it honors …

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