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The Madness of Odysseus

2/19/2019

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He broke off and anguish gripped Achilles.
The heart in his rugged chest was pounding, torn…

Should he draw the long sharp sword slung at his hip,

Thrust through the ranks and kill Agamemnon now? --

 Or check his rage and beat his fury down? 
                                                                     -Homer (Illiad Book I; Robert Fagels, Transl.)

I'm a boss-a** b****, b****, b****, b****, b****, b****, b****
I'm a boss-a** b****, b****, b****, b****, b****, b****, b****
I'm a boss-a** b****, 
b****, b****, b****, b****, b****, b****
I'm a boss-a** b****, 
b****, b****, b****, b****, b****, b****
I'm a boss-a**...

 -Nicki Minaj

   I.
A dear friend once described the willfully ignorant to me: “It’s as though they had super-powers!” It is strange, indeed to think how one can believe what one knows not to be so. It is somewhat akin to flying. Upon reflection, it is perhaps even more to be desired. For flying is sometimes dangerous, and one must leave the comforts of home. To be able to believe oneself to be flying without leaving the living room -- why, that affords all of the delights of both! 

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