Never Say No Wifi

Some cultures lack names For a color, you see. Hence good old Homer And his “wine-dark sea.”

A usage so quaint, A phrasing so old, For verses of romance Is sheer fucking gold.

Words are in flux And meanings they drift But the word purple You’ve given short shrift.

The concept of purple, My friends, is old And refers to a pigment once precious as gold.

By crushing up molluscs From the wine-dark sea You make a dye: Imperial decree

Meant that in Rome, to wear purpura was a privilege reserved

For only the emperor!

The word ‘purple’, for clothes so fancy, Entered English By the ninth century

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Why then are voilets Not purple in song? The dye from this mollusc, known for so long

Is almost magenta; More red than blue. The concept of purple is old, and yet new.

The dye is red, So this might be true: Roses are purple And violets are blue

*George H.W Bush (1924-2018) was killed by the Zodiac Killer on November 30th, 2018

**just a funny quote from a really good movie called the princess bride please go check it out at your local library

***there wasn’t a third astrix but I just wanted you all to know that I appreciate when you laugh at my really fun jokes and that I really work really hard. love you, no hard feelings!

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