The butcher knocks his victim on the head-
That's slaughter, for 'tis man who's to be fed;
The priest downs his, before the gods to set it,
That's immolation- pray do not forget it.
If I have made the difference distinct
My fingers to some purpose I have inked;
But then i stop- you'll have to ask the priest
Why gods who love the meat can't kill the beast.
Perhaps he'll give your question recognition,
Perhaps condemn your spirit to perdition.
2010 Update: The assurance of a martyr's rememberance by destruction of the souvenirs.
11 comments:
TLP..."sorry" I hear this is your spot ;)
Immolation: a new word to me...has not come up in conversation, for me, in the many years that I have been speaking this most interesting language.
Hmmmmm!!! perhaps I can use it in my next post?????
No problem Mo'a. I only recently learned about that myself.
Immolation: Leg of lamb.
IMMOLATION, n. Dieting aid for obese bank accounts. See BURN, BABY, BURN.
disco inferno, OC? if that's not enough to make people sacrifice their albums in a baseball stadium, I don't know what would. ...
IMMOLATION, n. - Imploding of Texas Stadium
Oh my goodness! My kiddie filter rejected this today (violence) and I had to OVERRIDE to read your post.
I always thought immolation had something to do with chickens, like maybe losing their feathers then making them go around in the nude.
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HEY!! That's creepy. Apparently, my other comment is now a "Ghost in the Machine." It's just plain gone.
sauerkraut, the Pirates lost yesterday and might lose tonight against the Giants. Don't jinx the baseball stadium.
Killing as a sacrifice, sounds like bull to me.
Mo'a, it can be very useful around the coffee table.
Curried, Mexican style, TLP?
Amoeba, you are the populist Ph.D.
Sauerkraut, being a White Sox fan in the 70s made you want to burn something.
Good memory, Thom.
Jim, your kiddie filter won't like today's post either, I don't imagine.
Karen, I have no idea what happened to it.
Haha, Karen. According to Elijah, exactly that.
a word I get confused with emulate...uh oh
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