Your majesty, our Mwami,
Where is your Mwamihood?
As the greatest hero of our land,
You let our people suffer,
Trading our future in the shadows,
Like a nation lost to darkness.
And so you flee to distant shores,
Abandoning our struggling souls.
Your majesty, our Mwami,
Where is the honor you once knew
do you love big cats?
Lao shi lao hu that is me!
with warmest wishes,
nice to see you in cool place
blessings and love my neat friend
Mammals shed their hair;
birds prune and feather thier nests;
snakes crawl out of skins.
Lions stalk their prey
as birds peck at blades of grass,
black widows weave webs.
White roses are cute;
black widows are hideous:
lovely is white silk.
Flowers feed the bees
and nectar turns to honey;
worker bees soon die.
f*ck justin bieber
f*ck harold and kumar
f*ck huey lewis
f*ck star trek
f*ck everything that isn't classical music
f*ck art that doesn't make sense who the f*ck would pay
5 billion dollars for splotches
of
paint
f*ck mariah carey
f*ck reading books
get a kindle god dammit
it's 2012
and people still read books
and listen to the beatles
what the f*ck is wrong with you troglodytes
Shi
~~~~
Shi is a light shining
An intensity beyond what is know
Shi is a coming storm
Shi is dark and alluring
A corporeal container
For forces of nature
Shaking the world like thunder
Striking men’s hearts as the lightning
Shi stands apart from the rest
Without a doubt superior in all ways
A true creature of duality
Ruin and renewal is Shi
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