Mojo, The Bard, & Me

 

What mean these masterless and gory swords

To lie discolour’d by this place of peace?

-Friar Laurence

Romeo And Juliet                Act V, Scene iii, Line 142

 

The swords mean that Paris and Romeo have been fighting, that Paris got killed in the fight, and that Romeo subsequently poisoned himself and is also dead. That’s what they mean. And, to be clear, the good friar is exactly correct by calling the swords masterless; and gory too, I suppose. Quel dommage!

And here's Pete strolling down a similar place of peace: a necropolis. There won't be any Amazon deliveries to these doors. And what's that? Pete's on his phone? Oh, quel dommage!