{"id":20971,"date":"2021-03-12T16:02:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T16:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/?p=20971"},"modified":"2021-03-12T16:05:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T16:05:38","slug":"marlow-members-of-a-cult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/marlow-members-of-a-cult\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlow: Members of a Cult"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<strong>Editor\u2019s Note:<\/strong> It appears we have been victorious in the battle against the dread COVID. The President read a nice speech summarizing the triumph of his last month or so in office, and we may be able to gather in small family groups by the 4th of July, which is a holiday that apparently may still be celebrated in a modest way despite its roots in a patriarchal, racist and homophobic society that invented chattel bondage. I think I liked the old way better, since that rubric is only true if you consider yourself a person of those times. Then you would go to war with the King. Marlow contributes his thoughts this morning in his usual lyrical manner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;       Vic<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author\u2019s Note:<\/strong> Now that another couple trillion is on the way after last night&#8217;s nationwide speech, I was moved to write this.<\/p>\n<p>-Marlow<\/p>\n<p>Members of a Cult<\/p>\n<p>We are indeed cult members.   Just observe and consider . . . <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the few moments that we have left before the next commercial break, we\u2019re gonna talk, right down to you, in a language that we\u2019re sure you out there can easily understand . . .\u201d (but let\u2019s observe them closely with the volume muted)<\/p>\n<p>Look into their eyes, what do you see?<br \/>\nThe cult of personality<br \/>\nThey know our anger, they know our dreams<br \/>\nThey offer everything we wanna be, oh<br \/>\nIt\u2019s the cult of personality<br \/>\nLike Mussolini and Kennedy<br \/>\nIt\u2019s the cult of personality, the cult of personality<br \/>\nThe cult of personality<\/p>\n<p>Neon lights, Lotto Grand Prize<br \/>\nWhen social media speaks, its reflection lies<br \/>\nWe don&#8217;t have to watch TV<br \/>\nSocial media sets us free<\/p>\n<p>They sell the things we need to be<br \/>\nThey\u2019re the smiling faces on our small screens, oh<br \/>\nIt\u2019s the cult of personality<br \/>\nThey exploit us, still, we love them truly<br \/>\nThey tell us one and one makes three, oh<br \/>\nIt\u2019s the cult of personality<br \/>\nLike Joseph Stalin and Gandhi, oh<br \/>\nIt\u2019s the cult of personality, the cult of personality<br \/>\nThe cult of personality<\/p>\n<p>Neon lights, Nobel Prize<br \/>\nWhen these leaders speak, these leaders lie<br \/>\nThey won&#8217;t follow you or me<br \/>\nOnly we can set us free<\/p>\n<p>They give us \u201cfortunes,\u201d they promise us fame<br \/>\nThey give us money in their party\u2019s name<br \/>\nWe\u2019re every person we need to be<br \/>\nOh, we were, the, cult, of, per, so, na, lity<br \/>\nWe\u2019re now the cult of, we are the cult of, we are the cult of, we are the cult of<br \/>\nWe are the cult of, we are the cult of, we are the cult of, we are the cult of<br \/>\nMe<\/p>\n<p>(They go to commercial with the following hidden persuaders softly repeated in the background)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/marlow-031221.jpg\" alt=\"marlow-031221\" width=\"579\" height=\"399\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/marlow-031221.jpg 579w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/marlow-031221-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/marlow-031221-408x281.jpg 408w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just ask what your country can do for you<br \/>\nYou no longer have to fear fear itself<\/p>\n<p>  With a tip of the hat to Living Colour.<\/p>\n<p>-Marlow<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2021 From My Isle Seat<br \/>\nwww.vicsocotra.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s Note: It appears we have been victorious in the battle against the dread COVID. 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