Aeneas: Another New World Nursery Rhyme from Papa Possum.

Posted by Eudaimonia 11 years, 1 month ago to Politics
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A new work from Papa Possum.
This one was a labor of love.

Enjoy, or not.


Aeneas

“Arma virumque cano...
(Of armaments and a man I sing...)”
- Virgil, The Aeneid, Book I, Line 1


Liberty, sing us your Anthem, that Melody almost forgotten.
Sing of the Morning returning, how night will yet flee from Its flashes.
Sing of the Victory over our ruling class royal and rotten.
Sing of such tyranny toppled, our Freedom retrieved from its ashes.

Liberty, sing of Aeneas forsaken and flung from his city:
elders naïve and dismissive refused to court any misgiving,
welcomed their enemies enter who slaughtered and burned with no pity,
leaving Aeneas to scramble and scarcely to lead out the living.

Thus, for a ruling class folly, lose Trojans their Freedom to violence:
fugitive, sea-lost, and shipwrecked when forced to survive and haul anchor.
Likewise, our elders make folly and court all misgivings as silence;
welcome in doom as a trophy, yet marxism's envy and rancor.

Fie on such ruling class sophists! And fie on such democrat driven!
Fie on such ivy league marxists! And fie on such wicked king soros!
Dragging such horse to our city, they loose their plan cloward and piven.
Thinking we'd sleep in surrender, they dare tread upon Ouroboros.

Liberty, sing of Aeneas and sing of the city he founded:
Freedom for war-weary Trojans, yes, Freedom for all those forsaken.
We of the Gadsden Flag waving, our Fate in Aeneas is grounded.
Listen as Liberty sings us that Melody never mistaken.

Hardships 'ppear pleasant with passing; there's Home yet where Freedom will ring.
Morn on horizon will break yet, just listen to Liberty sing!

Aeneas, Copyright © 2014 Papa Possum


Hear the audio stream here: http://www.papapossum.com/2014/03/aeneas...


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  • Posted by khalling 11 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    haha. no. mooch-elle can. Obama gets to play her slimy and impotent co-worker who is the first hostage to go.
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  • Posted by khalling 11 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    the new Die Hard. Russia gets to be the bad guy again FINALLY! she says cynically and unfeelingly
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  • Posted by 11 years, 1 month ago
    Also, this piece has a lot going on in it.

    If anyone has any questions, please ask.
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  • Posted by 11 years, 1 month ago
    I should mention, if any of you would like to leave a comment on or social-media-share the piece at the Papa Possum blog, then please do.

    Thanks.
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  • Posted by 11 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    That is high praise, K, thank you.

    As I was writing this piece, I was also refamiliarizing myself with Virgil's story of Aeneas.
    If you read a translation of The Aeneid with wikipedia at the ready and look up all of those obscure names Virgil mentions and who they were in Roman Mythos, then, yes, it is a *very* suspenseful story.
    I also found myself wondering why no movie studio has taken a crack at it.
    Probably because they have yet to figure out how to weave a Marxist, pro-Obama message into the story.
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  • Posted by khalling 11 years, 1 month ago
    what I love about this poem is that it is telling a story, it's suspenseful. It starts with a good ending from an historical point in time which is inspirational. as with any good suspense we are all in our safety cocoon before stuff happens, then, stealth while everyone's guard is down, TSHTF, hero is prepared, saves the day, reminds the reader they may be in a safety cocoon, encourages them to act-ends inspirationally that anyone can be a hero and save the day.
    needs to also be a screenplay...
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  • Posted by 11 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Not well.
    Looking for a new contract (also not going well) and packing the basement.

    But I couldn't get my concentration off of this particular piece until it was done.
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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 11 years, 1 month ago
    Eudaimonia,
    Ever onward and upward liberty defender.
    Push on with thunder and never surrender.
    Gratitude,
    O.A.
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  • Posted by 11 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    "Longfellow drumbeat" - I am doing something specific with the meter.
    Good on you for catching that.
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  • Posted by khalling 11 years, 1 month ago
    "Thinking we 'd sleep in surrender... "
    "Morn on horizon will break yet..."
    Euda I do believe this one has become my new favorite -
    you 've got that Longfellow drumbeat goin there - I love it
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