Poem of the Week – Ten Crack Commandments

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I been in this game for years, it made me a animal
It’s rules to this shit, I wrote me a manual
A step by step booklet for you to get
your game on track, not your wig pushed back
Rule nombre uno: never let no one know
how much, dough you hold, cause you know
The cheddar breed jealousy ‘specially
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Get Out: The Duplicity of Modern Liberalism

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So I recently went with my fiancée on a movie date to see Get Out, Jordan Peele’s first major cinematic offering to the world of horror and suspense. While it was billed as a film that takes a somewhat tongue and cheek approach to the state of race relations in contemporary North America, actually watching the film left me with a far different impression. To me, the film was more an allegory for the duplicitous nature of modern liberalism and its hidden dangers. While I will not deny that it managed to simultaneously ruin suburban living, orange pekoe tea, spoons, bingo, and Victorian china cups for me, I am going to say that I really loved this film. Continue reading

Hymn to Ishtar

 

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1 Sing ye of the goddess, the most fearsome of the gods,

2 Praise be upon the lady ruler of men, the greatest of the Igigi!

3 Sing ye of Ishtar, the most fearsome of the gods,

4 Praise be upon the lady ruler of the people, the greatest of the Igigi!

5 She who gets excited, clothed in sex appeal,

6 adorned with fruits, charm and allure.

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