Shakespeare & Me & Ben Howard (Week 21)

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Willy `•.

“A light condition in a beauty dark.”

Me `’.,°~

…that light in a shit storm…

Ben Howard !i¡-

“Keep your head up, keep your heart strong.”

Isaiah 45:3
“I will give thee the treasures of darkness…
and hidden riches of secret places…”

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All rights reserved.

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When Life Gets Thick…

You’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike?

When life gets thick…
grab a pogostick…

If your road feels stifled—

try a unicycle…

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(Λſʞ) ㄣ–ᄅ:Ɩ sǝɯɐſ

˙ƃuᴉɥʇou ƃuᴉʇuɐʍ ‘ǝɹᴉʇuǝ puɐ ʇɔǝɟɹǝd ǝq ʎɐɯ noʎ ʇɐɥʇ ‘ʞɹoʍ ʇɔǝɟɹǝd ɹǝɥ ǝʌɐɥ ǝɔuǝᴉʇɐd ʇǝ˥ ʇnq 
˙ǝɔuǝᴉʇɐd ɥʇǝʞɹoʍ ɥʇᴉɐɟ ɹnoʎ ɟo ƃuᴉʎɹʇ ǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʇ ‘sᴉɥʇ ƃuᴉʍouʞ 
˙suoᴉʇɐʇdɯǝʇ sɹǝʌᴉp oʇuᴉ llɐɟ ǝʎ uǝɥʍ ʎoɾ llɐ ʇᴉ ʇunoɔ ‘uǝɹɥʇǝɹq ʎW

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Shakespeare & Me & Hootie (Week 20)

Troilus and Cressida

Willy `•.

“Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back…
Wherein he puts alms for oblivion…”

Hootie ♭ ♮ ♯

“Time… why you punish me?”

Me `’.,°~

Tears run deep…
in dueling smile lines…

James 4:14 – “For what is your life?
It is even a vapor… that appeareth for a little time… and then vanisheth away.”

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Ban Them All…

If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why?

Words are overrated…
so misused…

I say ban them all…

just to piss off
folks that talk out their necks…

the ones
that love to play with them—

trying to impress…
without ever feeling
a thing…

anyone caught using them
must clean truck stop restrooms
while eating tacos…
for an entire day…

I think I’ve said too much…
I haven’t said enough… 🤌

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Shakespeare & Me & System of a Down (Week 17)

— Hamlet

Willy 🎭

“What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason…
and yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?”

SOAD⚡

When you lose small mind, you free your life.

Me 🖤

unthink →
look up ↑ →
float .

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Shakespeare & Me & Florida Georgia Line (Week 14)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream…

Willy `•.

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing’d Cupid painted blind.”

FGL ¡¡`’.-

“my love is…
never gonna run dry, never gonna come up empty… now until the day I die,
unconditionally…
You know I’m always gonna be here for ya
No one’s ever gonna love you more than
God, your mama, and me…”

Me `’.,°~

Paint my heart to stay-
the pyro kind…
burning red and flame…

Song of Solomon 8:6–7

“Set me as a seal upon your heart…
for love is strong as death…
Many waters cannot quench love…
neither can floods drown it…”

Ecclesiastes 4:12

“A cord of three strands is not quickly broken…”

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So Move

pressed to the floor—
heartbeat an alarm…

gravity a hand on me
saying stay.

but i say—no more.

so move…

dust on my knuckles.
charge in my chest.

muscle memory—
get up.

no time to rest…

so move…

Proverbs 24:16

“For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again…”

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Shakespeare & Me & Neil Young (Week 13)

Twelfth Night…

Willy `•.

“In delay there lies no plenty…
Then come kiss me… sweet and twenty…”

Neil “;-^

“You can’t be twenty on Sugar Mountain…
Though you’re thinking that you’re leaving there too soon…”

Me `’.,°~

Over my damp shoulder…
a lying doorway… to rooms that no longer exist…

…….😮→🏔️🍬→🎙️🎪→🎈🎈..→🚫2️⃣0️⃣→→🏔️🍬..→💭🚶‍♂️💨→⏳→’

The End…

Spend it…
You can’t keep it…
You can’t return to it…

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Blue Flame Ships

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The Way lit…

The passage remains…
the crossing is older…

The night makes room…

The horizon does not move—
the mountains keep watch—           ~~~》
the moon doesn’t blink…

Things leave the frame…
some things remain…

still burning blue…

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🌙🌌→😔🖤
🤲🔥→❄️🧊→🧍‍♂️
👻🤍→🤝
😵‍💫→😴❌
🕳️⬇️⬇️⬇️💔
😢🙏💭
🕯️⚰️
1️⃣💘→🔚💘

🚶‍♂️→🌍→👫
🎁→💝→🫴
🛏️→💗→🧠
🔥→🌧️→🌦️
🔥✨🔥

👀🌑→🧱
😨🫀
🏃‍♂️→📞→⚡💥
🧎‍♂️💔
🌫️🫀
💘♾️
1️⃣💘→🔚💘

🚶‍♂️→🌍→👫
🎁→💝→🫴
🛏️→💗→🧠
🔥→🌧️→🌦️
🔥✨🔥

😵‍💫→😴❌
🕳️⬇️⬇️⬇️💔
💘♾️
1️⃣💘→🔚💘

🚶‍♂️→🌍→👫
🎁→💝→🫴
🛏️→💗→🧠
🔥→🌧️→🌦️
🔥✨🔥

🎁→💝→🫴
🚶‍♂️→🌍→👫
🎁→💝→🫴…emoji lyric tower 🤷‍♂️

Hebrews 12:27–28 (trimmed)
“What cannot be shaken may remain… therefore… let us be grateful… for a kingdom… that cannot be shaken…”

Inspired by “The Flame” — Cheap Trick (1988)

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