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A collaborative poem by Swirling Leaf, Take a Breath, Swagtastic and Emmit Other about martial arts, pirates, samurai and Japanese Gods.

The Queen in Blue - The Lost Story

[Poem] Project 14

 by Emmit Other

We All Want to Change the World

Sometimes

Unemployed

Discontinued Disowned Disavowed

Too Old  

Not What You Once Were

So the Poet Donned Black Cloth Robes

And a Facemask

and 14 Arrows Did he Quiver

To Change the World

Ideas for their Own Sake

Long Odds Every One

To see

Maybe

if the World Could

In Fact

Be Changed

[Poem] Ohenton Karihwatehkwen

 by Emmit Other

Words Above All Else

Is what the Mohawk say

For Thanksgiving

And I thought

It was invented by Lincoln

It was not

Witness:

The Mohowk still celebrate this event

A profound gratitude for Mother Earth

And what is provided

Gratitude is where humility and kindness meet

Under the eternal sun

Witness

Ronald Raygun introduced the Turkey Pardon

As a gag with later full pardons

And cute names

Conservatives project

Did you know that a Presidential Pardon implies an admission of guilt?

What is the turkey guilty for?

It isn't.  

But I am sure it is grateful for its life.

Witness:

Of 574 Recognized Tribes in the US today

We have broken our word to every single one of them

Massachusets celebrates indigeneous people's day

But still doesnt recognize besides a footnote

That the Wampanoag and Mohawk

Had traditions years and years before the Puritans

(Never call them fucking Pilgrims)

Aeons before the colonizers

Witness:

The Massachusetts Indigenous Legislative Agenda

Asks for five things

-Remove racist fucking mascots

-Remove Racist Italian American Day with Indigenous American Day

-Ensure the best funded schools in the country teach about Native traditions and history

-Protect Native American Heritage with sketchy Hobby Lobby Style grey market bullshit

-Set up a schoolarship for Native American Youth

Domenic Amara and state Rep. Jeffrey Rosario Turco

Love Racist Italian American Day so much

And want to stop this bill

But the other shit 

Is as transparent as Glass

And Beacon Hill

Is a Cess Pit

Gene Weeden-Williams and Billerica, Springfield (High School of Commerce), and Middleborough 

Want to keep their racists mascots

Witness:

G.O.Pee Governal Candidates Mike Kennealy and Brian Shortsleeve

Oppose changing the racist state seal

Witness:

Every year Plymoth celebrates thanksgiving

Straight out of adams Family Values 2

And Standish Investment Group.

Violated tribal sovereigny AGAIN

Bulldozing in trbal land

Every Massachusets state government institution

Celebrates Not Racist Italian Americans Day

But Dukakis made a decision

Arbitrarlily and Randomly

Decades ago

And since then

People like Standish have been weaponizing tribes

That didnt make the cut

Governor Cardboard Healey

Added the bulldozed tribe

As an after thought

-Chappaquiddick Band of Massachusetts

-Chappaquiddick Tribe of the Wampanoag Indian Nation

-Chaubunagungamaug Band of the Nipmuck Nation

-Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook-Abenaki People

-Assawompsett-Nemasket Wampanoag

-Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe

-Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe

-Nipmuc Nation (still fighting for federal recognition despite state recognition)

-Natick Nipmuc of Natick

-Nipmuc of Webster and Dudley

-Massachusett Tribe (Ponkapoag band)

Those who can dither and worry about less of the pie for themselves

What are we thankful for?

Why do we celebrate the pardon of the Turkey?

Beacuse the Turkey is our policy on Native Americans

It is a half assed joke thinkly veiled celebration of colonialism

Now pass the massed potatoes

Substack 100

 I have been silenced or censored by

-Instagram

-Twitter

-Bluesky

-Mastadon

-Facebook

-Youtube

But you know who hasnt?

Substack.  It does allow disgusting content there....but it also allows mine.

The Eyes Have it

Here 

The Queen in Blue - The Five Faces of the Dreamer

Opening Hook

"Welcome back, fellow travelers of the weird. Today we're diving into the final three stanzas of the poem 'I, Hastur' - arguably the most dangerous piece in the entire Emerson Portfolio. This is where everything comes together: the Shepherd, the Darkness, and the Yellow King converge in a dance that literally shaped reality itself."

Segment 1: "The Yellow King Speaks" (Stanza 3)

The third stanza reveals the Yellow King's own perspective - speaking in first person about its nature as a living idea, a memetic force that has corrupted civilizations throughout history. Key discussion points:

• The Yellow King's claim to have "always been" yet also having an origin point
• The litany of fallen cities: Dilmun, Atlantis, Troy, Iram of the Pillars, El Dorado
• The revelation that the King exists in a temporal loop
• The twisted love story at its heart - the King's obsession with "Her" (the Queen in Blue)
• How the King describes itself as simultaneously hate incarnate yet capable of love

Analysis: This stanza humanizes the cosmic horror in the most disturbing way possible - showing that even entities of pure corruption can experience genuine emotion, making them more dangerous, not less.

Segment 2: "We Are Hastur" (Stanza 4)

The fourth stanza shifts to the original Hastur - the Count who became the first Yellow King through autogenocide (destroying all alternate versions of himself). Discussion includes:

• The aristocratic origin story in Carcosa
• The child who played with spiders and learned dark magic
• The Phantasmagoria Ball as the ultimate ritual
• The disturbing mechanics of becoming the Yellow King through self-annihilation across infinite realities
• The [REDACTED] play section that was literally torn from the manuscript

Listener Warning: Rhombus Ticks himself warned that this section nearly cost him his sanity. The memetic infection is real, folks.

Segment 3: "The Queen in Blue Opera" (Stanza 5)

The final stanza presents Scriabin's operatic translation, allegedly from Sanskrit found in Etruscan ruins. This is where we get:

• The dual narrative structure following both the maid Boquet and the cosmic entities
• The famous refrain: "Thou shalt dance with the queen tonight boys"
• The Dreamer/Hound's declaration of power over nightmares
• The convergence at the Phantasmagoria Ball where King and Queen finally meet
• The paradox explained: "The Dreamer is the King / But the King is not the Dreamer"

The Core Revelation: The Queen in Blue tamed the Yellow King through a combination of love, strategy, and the deployment of the Ethan Baton bloodline as a "check" against the King's power. She founded a lineage specifically designed to produce someone who could focus the Dreamer's power against the King when needed.

Closing Analysis

These three stanzas complete the cosmic chess game:

• The Shepherd/Haita provides the white light of protection
• The Darkness represents entropy and the void
• The Yellow King embodies corruption and ascension through hubris
• The Queen in Blue uses love and strategic patience to maintain balance
• The Dreamer/Hound acts as enforcer of the balance

The poem suggests all five faces are aspects of Hastur, operating across different layers of reality simultaneously.

Final Warning

Remember Dr. Bathory's forward: read this material once if you must, but protective rituals are recommended. Rhombus himself became infected and had to journey to Carcosa seeking answers.

As always, stay skeptical, stay safe, and remember - some knowledge comes with a price.

[End theme: discordant strings fading into static]

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Episode Notes:

• This material is from the Emerson Portfolio, translated by Dr. Persephone Bathory
• Multiple scholars report temporal anomalies with this text
• Carbon dating results are contradictory and "supernatural"
• For mental health resources, please see our website

The Queen in Blue - The Lost Story

[Poem] King Trump

 By Emmit Other

There is a king who isnt

Who think he is but wont

Admit it 

Cause he is Donnie Dont

He admit guts like Hitler

And has a Cabinet full of Bats

Dude cant keep his underwear

From soiling like the box o cats

His minions are not cute and yellow

But red faced drunk and angry

But totally not SS Hello!

For a guy that needs depends

He uses the Constitution for TP

Rumor on the street is

He has a tiny mushroom peepee

Rumor also lets us know

There is a buncha protests

No Kings No Kings No Kings today

Or know nothing like Jon Snow