So, we’ll go no more a howling At the stars or at the moon, Though the cats are still out prowling, And the night be bright as noon, For the chase wears down the claws, And the greatest acrobats By time are given pause In their pursuit of cats. Though the night was made for […]
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No dog is a Champion, No dog is the Best; Every dog has its own unique excellence, Its place in the sun. If a stray beneath a bus be turned to mush, All life is reduced As sore as if some coiffured poodle were. As sore as if thy mother, or thy friend, Thyself or
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I’ll tell you all a dire and grisly tale Of one who strayed so far beyond the pale, Annihilated in an ocean swell, Dragging down many with him as he fell – Poor Billy: he’s the hero in my charge , And represents humanity at large, The product of a world grown over-ripe, Walking computer,
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Since 1903, Emma Lazarus’ poem “The New Colossus” has been displayed inside the Statue of Liberty. My generation was raised to be proud that our country welcomed tired, poor, huddled masses to our shores. We were required to commit the poem to memory, as a kind of summary of what America meant. In case it
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Let’s say something bad happens to a guy. Maybe we don’t know if he had it coming. It could be a car accident, a life-altering injury, or a terrible disease. Perhaps he loses everything he owns in a natural disaster, or worse, gets caught with his hands in a metaphorical cookie jar. One day, everything’s fine, the
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The Unofficial Organ II:1 [Translator’s note: In February of 1933, the Nazi party faced an election which threatened to disappoint their hopes. Shortly before the election, the Reichstag, home of the German Chamber of Deputies, caught fire in twenty places simultaneously. The Nazis instantly blamed the Communists, though it was widely suspected that the Nazis
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