An Ode to Inception

“An Ode To Inception” is a poem written by Victor Moore sometime between 2073 and 2078. The piece has supposedly long been used as an oath taken by new members of the Argonauts. Several NYC-based companies have used small passages from it in slogans or various PR-related statements to show unspoken allegiance to the Argonauts.

Transcript
''I hereby assert, that I will uphold the duty of an Argonaut, to behold and cast away wickedness, with a dexterous hand of vigilance, and a sanguineous heart of discretion. Those in pursuit of the opposition, will meet the sharp spire of my vengeance, finding a gory demise in the shadows. And if it is so, that my impermanent body is divorced of my abilities, then I will make their phantoms burn, lest they helplessly scream, as the residual embers glow valiantly. And for what goes uncleansed, these are the imperfections of mortal bodies. These are the scars of pyrrhic domination, and they hold our humanity. ''

''As the Machine gazes, upon this dying blackened soil, I must hunt the heads of, the opposers and the wicked. And if her rage persists, then we shall fight and protect, until the tempest breaks us. ''

Until the tempest breaks us.

Donec adspiret tempestas nobis.

Until the tempest breaks us.