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Entry: Love Among the Drones Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/love_among_the_drones#1858 Post contents: With all due respect to SOME of our commenters: Some of them (not all of them, but some of them) just don't get it. Taki is a poet. He lives, and writes, with poetic license. And he would do the same regardless of how much money he has or doesn't have. If Taki were a poor man, then, like the poor Stoic slave Epictetus, he would say, "When God (or the gods) offers a banquet to us, we should just enjoy it as much as we can - because it is all a gift." Or if Taki were as powerful as Emperor Marcus Aurelius (which Taki is not), then Taki would agree with Marcus Aurelius, that, "as vines give grapes, so men do good deeds for other men (without any reward) because it is their nature." So, on that note, in fair response to Taki's poem, here is one (of many) sonnets of mine, written in a similar chivalrous spirit, to some ladies I have known and admired and sometimes loved, in the same spirit of Taki's love for many good women: No myths or tattered banners can contain The fire that's born of right and fearful truths! Whose tongue corrupts the humble - and yet soothes The heart whose honour welcomes pride's light stain! Therefore, since you're - well - too headtstrong and loud To speak of aught but honour, and your fine And righteous indignation: Borrow mine Own tongue! Far gentler, simpler, yet quite proud, To tell you what I fear you might have missed While trampling on the lips of those who may Have dared to shut you up? Yes, dare I say? If you'd leave lips untrampled, you'd be kissed! So, Darling, cut the tired, bombastic crap, And once, for our lips' sake: Just shut your trap. But that's just one of my more earthy, more vulgar sonnets. I never share any of my most personal poetry in public. And neither does Taki nor any Gentleman. But the fact that Taki has created this place for us to write and to publish in romantic and idealistic ways, without fear, says a lot about Taki and what a generous gift he is giving to us here. Sent at: 2008 07 06