Here's the poem that's near the beginning of the book.
the MachoPoni poem
O, hear the tale of Machoponi,
Who longed to call fair Dust his "lovely."
But she would never look his way,
And by his side, she would not stay.
A Hero with blue ball was he,
'Cross Jagged Line he pranced bravely,
With tender scowl and broken heart,
The torn two halves so far apart.
Like licking ice cream gives such pain,
With throbbing hurting of the brain.
So, pain can come upon Fate's breeze,
To punish Lust, just like brain freeze.
And Beauty draws his lovesick gaze.
He stares at Dust with heart ablaze!
Like sprinkles atop ice cream surprise,
Bring cold that causes your demise,
Dust gets in your eyes.
This is the picture on the back cover of the Machoponi book. I've given him the nickname of Brogene. Perhaps I'll write something about him in the future!
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interesting fun fact about tinkerbell~
The copyright of Tinkerbell is owned by Great Ormond Street Hospital. J M Barrie bequeathed the copyright of his Peter Pan characters to the London children's hospital on his death in 1937. The hospital granted Disney permission to make their movies. According to this article, "The hospital's blanket copyright protection ended in 1987 -- 50 years after Barrie's death. Britain's Parliament then granted the hospital a perpetual right to royalties from any British publication.
The works are in the public domain in Canada, free of copyright restrictions. But in the United States, a 1976 law extended the hospital's copyright over the 1904 Peter Pan play and all works derived from it until 2023.
The hospital says its rights to the play and its characters entitle it to forbid U.S. sales of any competing works involving Peter Pan." � and that includes Tinkerbell.
i've issues i tell you (they say I look like johnny depp)
By
Lotus Rose
Hello, my name is Lotus. I'm a bit of a bore.
Walking ahead of you, I'd open the door.
I wouldn't insult you, or stab you, or worse,
Nor hiss like a serpent, nor would I curse.
I've issues, I tell you. I've issues for sure!
My greatest disgrace, is that my motives are pure!
I try to be "dangerous," a badboi, a whore!
But I still must admit, I'm a bit of a bore.
I've issues, I tell you. Mental issues, no doubt.
As I'm sitting here typing, I'm wearing a pout.
I'm thinking of Johnny--that great Johnny Depp.
I wanna be like Johnny, and not just some schlep!
They say I look just like him, been saying that forever.
So I remembered that one movie: "The Pirates of the, uh, whatever."
I smeared on the eyeliner, just like my favorite star.
I slipped on a cheap old eyepatch, and screamed right out loud, "ARRRRRRR!!!!"
So I look kinda cool, but poserly is how I feel.
Cuz both my eyes are working, so it's not really real.
But wait, I'll scoop out my eye with the sherbet scoop over there!
Please, just wait a moment. Stay there. Don't go nowhere!
Okay, so I just did it! I scooped out my left eye!
It's bleeding quite profusely. I think I just might die!
But I'm feeling pretty good. Not like a poser piece of shit.
And I'm gonna look up pictures, so I can bask in it.
(The feeling, that is.)
So I'm typing "pirates," "Keira," and of course, "Johnny Depp."
Wait. What the hell!??? Mother fuck! Look at Johnny Depp!
He doesn't wear an eyepatch in this film. Hey! I AM a schlep!
Damn it! Poem over!
I've got to get to the emergency room!
I have issues, I tell you! Issues from hell!
I scooped out my eye and I don't feel that well.
some cool alice in wonderland quotes
'But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
'Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: 'we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.'
'How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
'You must be,' said the Cat, 'or you wouldn't have come here.'
'Now, I give you fair warning,' shouted the Queen, stamping on the ground as she spoke; 'either you or your head must be off, and that in about half no time! Take your choice!'
'Begin at the beginning,' the King said gravely, 'and go on till you come to the end: then stop.'
