Wisdom

Hi, Calvin here. I was listening to The Maccabees the other day, and I started to wonder about where they got their name from. It's a nice word, rolls off the tongue well.

Anyway, it turns out the Maccabees were a Jewish way back in the day who liberated their homeland from the Seleucid Empire, which is pretty cool. I'm always in awe of collective action against oppressive regimes.

The story inspired me, so I wrote short poem about it. I suppose it's a commentary on the parallels the story has to the modern day, what with the situation in Palestine and Gaza, and how The Media twists the image of these conflicts to its own ends.

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Fight them hard, men
Fight them back
These cursed Fiends
Followers not of the true G-d,
But heathens, the lot of them

With simple swords
With bronze and stone
And the righteousness of our lord
We smite with your fury
Taking back our land

And so we won
And our marvelous legacy
The Hasmonean dynasty
Achieved through lusty battle
Will stand forever more

But what of our land now?
But what of our great home?
A thousand lies and rockets
Bring death and horror
To our glorious homeland

Fight them hard, men
Fight them back
These cursed Fiends
Followers not of the true G-d,
But heathens, the lot of them