Eugene Ostashevsky

1968 / Leningrad, USSR

DJ Spinoza Does Not Fight the Begriffon

Said DJ Spinoza to his friend MC Squared:

Let us go slay the Begriffon!
Frightful is the Begriffon and sharp are his claws,
He disobeys rules and cares nothing for laws,
He is full of effects but do they have a cause?
Let us go slay the Begriffon!

Said MC Squared to his friend DJ Spinoza:

Why should we add to the misery of the world?
Even the wicked have feelings!
They shout and they quarrel
Cause they're anal and oral,
Problems make them immoral—
They're wicked because they have feelings!

DJ Spinoza:

Well, what do you want to do then?
Do you want to watch TV? No!
Do you want to play cards? No!
Do you want to go get a beer? "I'm sick of beer, it's so fattening!"
Let us go slay the Begriffon!

MC Squared:

Are you always so restless because you're reckless
Or are you so reckless because you are restless?
Can't you even for a moment
Think of how it'll make you feel in the morning?
Tell me you won't be a) whining; b) kvetching; c) moaning!
And besides—even the wicked have feelings!

So the two friends went off to slay the Begriffon. But when they were halfway to the House of Mostly Unlike, DJ Spinoza realized he forgot his sword at home—and you can't slay the Begriffon with no sword! They had to return for the sword but by the time they did, it was already too late to do anything. They put slaying the Begriffon off for tomorrow and went to sleep extremely content with themselves.
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