| Me and all my OCS |

| YO! Ever hear this charming little rhyme? Ring-around-the-rosy. A pocket full of posies. Ashes, ashes, we all fall down. Some people say that this poem is about the Black Death, the fourteenth-century plague that killed 100 million people. Here's the therory: "Ring-around-the-rosy" was an early symptom of plague: a circular rash of red skin. in medieval times, people carried flowers, like posies, with them for protection against disease. The words "ashes to ashes" appear in the funeral mass, and sometimes plague victims' houses were burned. And "we all fall down"? Well, you can figure that one out for yourself. Sadly, though, most experts think this is nonsense. A red rash isn't really a plague symptom, they say, and "ashes" was originally some other word. Most importan, the rhyme is too new. It didn't appear in print until 1881. Trust me, though: it's about the plague. The words have changed a little from the original, but so have any words carried on the lips of children for seven hundred years. It's a little reminder that the Black Death will come again. How can i be so sure about this rhyme, when all the experts disagree? Because.... I ate the kid who made it up. |
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I'm a slave and I am a master.
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My friends and my family are my life. Without them I don't know where I would be.
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My life is based off the Wicked OST. And right now I'm on track 18.
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Me and kayla are together forever. No matter how much she hides the fact that we are, i am sharing it!!
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I used to be love struck; now I'm just fucked up.
Pull up my sleeves and see the pattern of my cuts!
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