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I want to be so great, I want them to say— “I wish I were [me]” I want to be free I’ll be gliding over the corn fields Everyone will be pointing to their shingles “Here, Here!”, they’re calling But no, I won’t— I was too afraid to fly now I’m Phobic of the land I want to live free If I crash I crash into the sea I’ll boil all the fish eggs A Pelican stew For no one but me I want to die free

“When there’s something you can’t do, You put it in my hands, you hear?’ Candle-beady black eyes on Every-one with their guns-- a bee-hive buzzin’ With their sawed-off nervous grins Bloodwine was on the table Soul appetites were wetted Saintly mouths redded No hell can enter the room— The biggest and best Crucifix is here The first and the freshest Aged a good 30— No imitations here For you and your Thirteen (closest of friends) Sad thing about John though— By this hour he’d already lost his ...

Healy Wounds or Holy Scars; You could stick around-- I’ve got a seat saved (in Satan’s mouth) There’s a reborn six shooter with a Loaded man behind and This book is man’s will of God Special things like cherry pie-- And ounces and tons of fulfillment— Are actually carrots to be dangled In a Sistine dream Arrange those joys again So no tears are touching Signed, yes, again (It’s the seventh seal and Skipping floor cracks this week) Obsessively, Compulsion Dust that heart off I’m allergic to du...

Lady Macbeth wields her pragmatism as a tool in convincing Macbeth to fulfill his plan of murdering Duncan and become King of Scotland. She knows Macbeth’s true desires, what to say and how to say it to give Macbeth courage to seize the crown. Her strength is in her choice of words. Lady Macbeth relies her knowledge of Macbeth’s character, playing on his fear of being perceived as irresolute and faint-hearted. Lady Macbeth interrogates her husband,“was the hope drunk wherein you dress’d your...

When we to go to a museum, we see works of art taken from their original setting. However, to fully comprehend the artists’ original purpose and message in producing their works, we must understand the context or the original settings the artworks came from. Though very disparate in time period, works such as The Night Watch by Rembrandt van Rijn and the ancient Woman With a Bison Horn by an unknown Paleolithic artist are both works that have been divorced from their intended backgrounds. The...