Jussive subjunctive

May heaven rain down its blessings on Wal Mart. May it prosper and grow strong in the land. May the divine countenance be turned favorably upon it.

When its enemies rise up against it to sue, may the justice of its hiring practices and the equity of its salaries shine forth as brightly as the sword that never sleeps. Selah

Let it trample the locally owned businesses with the iron of its feet and lift its laughing countenance to the warmth of the sun.

Let the lassoes of the wrathful snap like thread and the carefully noosed vines of the scoffers unravel like an ill-advised attempt by a novice knitter to deviate from the pattern written by Berroco.

Let the corporation dance in the ruins of smaller powers, let its PR machine echo from the constellations, till the stars themselves shiver with the vibrations! Selah

Higgaion

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November 9, 2005

Really? I thought Belle & Sebastian songs were mostly about rich hippy kids going travelling and hanging out in cafes and that… I haven’t listened to them that much though. You have a bit of an aversion to real life, don’t you? Song lyrics and literature and politics and religion and grammar interest you a lot more…