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A little poem I wrote.

The yielding sofa cradles me while

Canned laughter crackles,

Flush light flickers.

You hand me a blanket

And the soft material warms between my toes.

A shadow strokes the wall as a car passes

Somewhere disregarded,

Casting the wind a pliant chord and

Leaving silent as before,

Cadence forgotten in passing. 

Our tiny home, protective and breathing

Against a backdrop of infinity, and

We in refuge of painless accord;

To be around you is enough.

Lily Allen's Weak Feminist Stand

Lily Allen attempts to exploit some kind of outdated 'feminism' by defying irrelevant female stereotypes that a woman's place is in the kitchen, while undermining her own claim that "I don't need to shake my ass for you because I've got a brain" by getting her dancers to do it for her. Don't get me wrong, I think some of her points are spot on and I like that she tries to bring the patriarchal white, male voice behind the music industry to the foreground. Unfortunately, in her desperation to appeal to some sort of 'mainstream', Robin Thicke-hating feminism, she commercialises her argument and renders it half-hearted and flawed, not to mention more than a little racist. Why try to satirise the media when you're going to simultaneously bend over backwards to reach its standards?

Unfortunately, since this video has been intended as 'controversial', criticism of it will no doubt flood the media and drown out the voices of those who make the same point but in a more intelligent, convincing and simply better way. Three guesses to who I'm on about?

Power To The Vagina

Who knew that such a simple question could produce such profound answers?

Another Childish Gambino Freestyle

I've posted one of Childish Gambino's (aka Donald Glover's) freestyles before but this one can top it. Drake's beat is incredibly beautiful and the wandering verses he delivers over it flow almost liquid-like, perfectly complimenting the improvisatory feel of the sampled vocals. 

'People say money's not everything, but you need money to do what you want to do. Money is power, honesty is power, truth is power.'