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George Dixon's Lament
George Dixon's Lament
Stovepipe hat, stovepipe boots,
Ankle-deep in red clay,
Light from a silver dollar moon,
Filtered through the canebrake,
And crystalline breath,
Cypress branch claws at the sky,
Like the hand of death,
With regrets to Fredrick Douglas,
Daniel O'Connell, and …
The Legend of Architeuthis
The Legend of Architeuthis
I woke up when the floor it dropped,
Rocking and a reelin' from a ten foot wave top,
First the mainsail, haul in the jibs and boom,
Clear the deck boys now give 'er some room,
Oh...
Nothing but water and foam,
And a thousand miles between here and …
The Ouroboros
What IS the ouroboros?
Pronounciation
Or-O-bOr-Os, -&s
Note: Using the pronounciation guide used by the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary.
Origins of the Ouroboros
The Serpent biting its own tail is first seen as early as 1600 years BC in Egypt. From there it moved to the …