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Sonnet № 43711

Assassin Nation

by Blue Magpie

Member since 2002 · Posted 12 Mar 2003 · 15 comments

Good men are rare and we must mourn their death for we grow poorer as each one is lost, and wisely spend of both our thought and breath, to pray the Lord to help us bear the cost; and make our hearts as brave and wise as theirs so that we will not lie, nor cheat, nor steal, but show the world there?s still someone who cares, despite the pain and sorrow that we feel. Those who grow rich in darkness hate the light, for light knows well the foolishness of fears and strenghtens us to carry on the fight, though we at times see poorly through our tears. Although Zoran Djindjic is dead and gone, the light he lit for Serbia shines on.

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[5] lastobelus 13-Mar-03/6:54 AM Reply
bah

the universe couldn't care less
whether we oppress or progress or transgress
but with every breath
it is only to death
it demands that we all acquiesce
[n/a] Blue Magpie › lastobelus 13-Mar-03/9:41 PM Reply
Dear Lastobelus,
What a sad opinion.
[n/a] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. › Blue Magpie 14-Mar-03/3:43 AM Reply
I agree. Sad. So terribly sad. And therefore wrong.
[5] lastobelus › -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 14-Mar-03/3:45 AM Reply
In other words, you agree with me.
[n/a] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. › lastobelus 14-Mar-03/8:29 AM Reply
If by "agree" you mean "tolerate", then you'd be wrong. Unless, by "tolerate", you mean "toilet rate". In which case, it depends what you mean by "toilet". If you mean "a small amount of toil" then you'd be right. If you mean "a porcelain graveyard for bloated globules of jellied cack" then you'd also be right. But what does it really mean to be "right"? Because in today's happy-go-lucky society, in which truth is only relative, and disabled rights are merely a secondary issue, isn't everybody right? Christ, I hope so. I do hope so.
[5] lastobelus › -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 14-Mar-03/11:02 AM Reply
dark angel sat on his toilet
wond'ring "should I barbecue, bake it, or broil it?
whichever I do,
with this newly shat poo,
I mustn't forget to tinfoil it!"
[5] lastobelus › Blue Magpie 14-Mar-03/3:44 AM Reply
You think so? I find it to be a lustful, robust, brave, invigorating and satisfying opinion.

And incredibly freeing. It is mind-boggling the sense of lightness one feels when one slips free of the delusion the universe is or ought to be fair and good and sentient. Get a sense of proportion: we are a microsopic fleck on a grain of sand suspended in the pacific ocean. As if the universe does (or possibly could) give a fuck about any of us!
[n/a] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. › lastobelus 14-Mar-03/8:17 AM Reply
And where does Jesu fit in to your revolting little scheme of things? I'll tell you: He doesn't. If that isn't proof enough of the utter wrongness and unbelievable ignorance of your dangerously wrong and ignorant opinions then I don't know what is.
[5] lastobelus › -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 14-Mar-03/9:06 AM Reply
Not believing in absoluteness of sin, I have no need for a scapegoat.
[n/a] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. › lastobelus 14-Mar-03/11:41 AM Reply
Not believing in absoluteness of sin is an absolute sin.
[5] lastobelus › -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 14-Mar-03/5:01 PM Reply
really? unscapegoatable?
christ's death wasn't good enough for that one, eh?
[n/a] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 13-Mar-03/10:36 AM Reply
Zoran Djindjic - such a poetic name.
[n/a] Blue Magpie › -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 13-Mar-03/9:44 PM Reply
Yes, and it fits into the iambic well, he was a good and brave man, I hope his death will spur the forces of good in Serbia to oust the organised crime, I believe it will.
[n/a] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. › Blue Magpie 14-Mar-03/3:40 AM Reply
I believe it will, as well. I believe it will.
[7] Sasha 14-Apr-04/9:24 PM Reply
the breath/death rhyme is cliché and expected (Other than shibboleth, seth, and elizabeth, there aren't any modern english words that rhyme with death/breath)

rather Well executed though