Boomshell

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― Comet (2014) “You see what you want to see when you want to see it.”

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Roses are red, that much is true, but violets are purple, not fucking blue.

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I have been waiting for this post all my life.

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They are indeed purple, But one thing you’ve missed: The concept of “purple” Didn’t always exist.

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.

So roses are red. Violets once were called blue. I’m hugely pedantic But what else is new?

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My friend you’re not wrong About Homer’s wine-ey sea! Colours are a matter Of cultural contingency;

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

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While this song makes me merry, Tyrian purple dyes many a hue From magenta to berry And a true purple too.

But fun as it is to watch this poetic race The answer is staring you right in the face: Roses are red and violets are blue Because nothing fucking rhymes with purple.

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IT GOT SO MUCH BETTER.

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My reaction, only with coffee.

[thetiredpianist]

Hang on, need to send this to my literature prof

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[coral]

“I miss you in ways I didn’t know existed.”

— I’m here waiting for you. (via coral)

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“The human heart is a strange vessel. Love and hatred can exist side by side.”

— Scott Westerfeld 

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Mr Robot Season 2 (2016)

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Looking for more blogs to follow! Msg me if similar xx

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“The hardest part of letting go is understanding that the other person is okay without you.”

- B.M.

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