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“Man always finds the omens he wants”*…

 

hell

 

… or the omens that are resonant with the future he has come to expect…

happiness

spiders

heaven

 

Dark humor for dark times: Screenshots of Despair.

* Yukio Mishima

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As we search for the silver (lining), we might recall that it was on this date in 1972 that Sammy Davis, Jr’s cover of “The Candy Man” began it’s 21-day run at #1 on the pop chart.  The song had, of course, originally appeared in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory; it was written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley specifically for the film.

 

 

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June 10, 2020 at 1:01 am