#horatio — Public Fediverse posts

my father could afford to pay the fare

my father could afford to pay the fare

the horizon ahead was a curtain closed

behind the curtain   in the next day lay
wittenberg and that winter two winters before

the carriage that brought me from 
summer and a place where 
there was nothing for me to do   there was

a draft that entered those long days
in from around the windows
in from around the doors
in from where the walls joined walls joined
the top     joined the floor that draft entered
in through the spaces between the threads of my blouse
between the threads of my trousers

that entire life through i shivered

i wanted a blanket     a hooded robe

i asked that the carriage be stopped
stopped at a roadside inn or at a tavern

that wind     that draft that entered
in   it would have diminished

i could have warmed   stepped out   eaten 


but the driver whipped
the sweat on those horses even more
and the turn of those carriage wheels never stopped
‘til the carriage skidded no     sledded into wittenberg

wittenberg grounded in snow

the clothes i wore
that i’d outgrown in the summer left behind i   i shrank

i had to employ a hand to hold
my trousers up from down in the snow around my ankles

i was so hungry

and wittenberg was just another carriage 
worse than the first

but there was philosophy to distract
from the misery and there were books to read

and my father could afford to pay the fare

in the sun brillianced square

in the sun brillianced square

my saturday shadow had shrunk
down to the small
circle in which i stood

loudly the gander flocks gaggled
and more loudly the merchant throngs
and the throngs of purchasers haggled

i received
free rumours of plagues and of wars
free news of birth and of death
 
i was offered cabbage and kale
offered turnips and carrots
garlic and leeks   beans and peas
spinach and lettuce   good king henry
pork   lamb   poultry

before i bought a loaf
of rye bread for a pfenning or
for a pfenning   a pound of cheese

a chemise for a half thaler
or for a whole thaler i was offered
a barrel of peasant wine

before my shadow lengthened
i escaped the sun blinding market
through the door into the black eagle
into the dark dimmed with torches

Say,
What, is Horatio there?

A piece of him.

Welcome, Horatio: welcome, good Marcellus.

#horatio

The second instalment of Lethal Bangers takes in eight all-new tracks from heavyweights such as Sante Sansone, CASSIMM, Hyyken, Horatio, and many more. #music #lethalbangers #compilation #trick #santesansone #cassimm #hyyken #horatio

https://evl.one/lethal-bangers-vol-2-part-1-by-trick

Where #Clarence #Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court

The exclusive #Horatio #Alger #Association brought the justice access to #wealthy #members and unreported V.I.P. treatment.

He, in turn, offered another kind of #access.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/09/us/clarence-thomas-horatio-alger-association.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Checking out for the night, but I ask you please to continue to share the information about our dear #horatio and the link to his honorarium campaign to help his family. I thank everyone who has donated financially and prayerfully to help. I know @Andre put up a blast announcement at the top of the home TL but I am not sure if everyone saw it. It would be great if people could continue to share the link so everyone who wants to help can. Thanks and much love family! https://www.givesendgo.com/JosephKeatingHoratio