Wittgenstein's MonsterSep 28

📜 This Day in History – Sept 28
Confucius was born.
So I wrote him a poem.
A little sass. A little homage. A lotta truth.

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Filial Piety? Seriously, Bro?

Filial piety is the root of humaneness.
What is this—pubescence?

Come on, Kung Fuzi,
That one's a doozy,
And not in keeping with junzi.

Because I must rebel—
It’s best when I yell!
(But, okay… not at mom and my pop.)

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Though you won wars—Spain at world's end—
History said it was your rival we needed to send.
And you, poor Pompey, you’re no raging flame—
Just a Banana Republic in marketing shame.
Not the volcano, certainly no pirated storm—
Just a cautionary tale in sad lukewarmish form.

But Pomp got the last laugh—how utterly absurd!
Caesar? The silliest salad. A Racine racket, last that I’d heard.

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