Sunday, March 4, 2007

Invasion!
I knew it! All that talk about neutrality and hot chocolate and the precision of their infernal watches was just a snow job! They were lulling us all into a false sense of security, making us feel safe, all the while plotting and conniving and hatching their schemes. Their nefarious, nefarious schemes! Fortunately, our complacency marched in lockstep with their confidence; they grew first bold and then reckless, and finally misstepped: The Swissing Link! Where will it all end? Today, Liechtenstein; tomorrow, Luxembourg? Freedom loving peoples of the world, we must defend the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg!

"What makes a man turn neutral?"

Poetry Smackdown
"Sea-Fever"
by John Masefield

I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking.

I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.

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