Musings....(Blogophilia 24.5)
I was working on a poem for this week's entry and I decided to stop. I may finish it later and put it up, but it occurred to me that the whole point of the topic is tossing an arrogant insult to someone in power. The whole quote "Stand a little out of my sun ." is Diogenes adroitly telling Alexander the Great he wasn't so great and that he would bow to him. How many times have you wanted to say that to your boss? To your significant other? That I don't have to be the subservient one? Most jobs are like a Bronc busting event anyway. The conditions are constantly shifting while you hang on for dear life. And there is always an audience of screaming baboons there wishing for your fall. The best you can hope for is to be a Troubadour and a Troublemaker. Part of you hypnotizing the crowd with your voice while the other part throws the obstacles back at the monkeys and politicians in your way. Off the top of my head, I remain An...