Tag: Ashleigh LaThrop
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Under the Eye: “Heroic”
“It’s a God-awful small affairTo the girl with the mousy hairBut her mummy is yelling, “No!”And her daddy has told her to goBut her friend is nowhere to be seenNow she walks through her sunken dreamTo the seat with the clearest viewAnd she’s hooked to the silver screenBut the film is a saddening boreFor she’s…
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Under the Eye: “Under His Eye”
“Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today, but the core of science fiction — its essence — has become crucial to our salvation, if we are to be saved at all.” ― Isaac Asimov Everything engenders discussion, debate, and bitter argument these days. I…
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Under the Eye: “God Bless the Child”
“O sinners, let’s go downLet’s go down, come on downO sinners, let’s go downDown in the river to pray” Gilead processionals are like masterfully-executed geometric configurations. Though the world is a murky, relentless tomb, the blood red lines of handmaids are vibrant as they march alongside the walking dead Aunts to celebrate new live births.…
Misadventures in Blissville 