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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEver read Masque of the Red Death
By Edger Allen Poe. Where the nobility thinks the plague wont enter their castle, and then it does.
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Ever read Masque of the Red Death (Original Post)
Racygrandma
5 hrs ago
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sop
(19,214 posts)1. King Donald as Prince Prospero?
paleotn
(22,641 posts)6. We can hope. Particularly that end bit.
Now that would be justice.
ColoringFool
(1,032 posts)2. YES. I've Made References Numerous Times In My RL.
Amaryllis
(11,415 posts)11. What is RL?
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OGBuzz
(544 posts)16. RL Real Life
Ocelot II
(131,169 posts)3. There were a lot of references to it at the beginning of the pandemic.
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,543 posts)4. Fingers crossed.............
If only.
paleotn
(22,641 posts)5. Long ago in high school.
Poignant on many levels.
The Madcap
(2,017 posts)7. Right now we live under...
The (Painted) Mask of the Orange Death...
Sorry, I just couldn't resist.
rampartd
(4,985 posts)8. conflation of hantavirus and the ball room.
ananda
(35,459 posts)9. Well discovered.
Among things that make you go hmmmm....
PatSeg
(53,485 posts)10. Excellent analogy
No amount of money, power, or fortresses will protect them. In spite of what they believe, they ARE after all human.
wnylib
(26,410 posts)14. Reminds me of this song from the 1970s by Eric Burden and the Animals
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dedl67
(243 posts)13. Actually, I like 'Hop--Frog' better.
RobertDevereaux
(2,044 posts)15. Read it, loved it, used part of it as an audition piece.
Edgar Allan Poe