From deep in the apartment he heard the recording of the Capitol anthem, "Gem of Panem," kick on. His grandmother's tremulous soprano voice joined in, bouncing off the walls.
Gem of Panem
Mighty city,
Through the ages, you shine anew.
As always, she was painfully off-key, and slightly behind tempo. The first year of the war, she'd played the recording on national holidays for five-year-old Coriolanus and eight-year old Tigris in order to build their sense of patriotism. The daily recital hadn't begun until that black day when the district rebels had surround the Capitol, cutting it off from supplies for the remaining two years of the war "Remember children," she'd say, "we are but besieged - we have not surrendered!" Then she would warble the anthem out of the penthouse window as the bombs rained down. Her small act of defiance.
We humbly kneel
To your ideal,
And the notes she could never quite hit...
And pledge our love to you!
Coriolanus winced a little. For a decade now, though the rebels had been silent, his grandmother had not. There were still two verses to go.
Gem of Panem
Heart of Justice,
Wisdom crowns your marble brow.
Things Q...
Something old,
Something new.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes / Prequel to Hunger Games Trilogy
6 June, 2022 Trailer released
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lWFn2_quR8
17 November, 2023 Movie release.
11/17/2023
1 + 1 + 1 + 7 + 2 + 2 + 3 = 17
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes / Novel
19 May 2020 Novel released
page 4
From deep in the apartment he heard the recording of the Capitol anthem, "Gem of Panem," kick on. His grandmother's tremulous soprano voice joined in, bouncing off the walls.
Gem of Panem
Mighty city,
Through the ages, you shine anew.
As always, she was painfully off-key, and slightly behind tempo. The first year of the war, she'd played the recording on national holidays for five-year-old Coriolanus and eight-year old Tigris in order to build their sense of patriotism. The daily recital hadn't begun until that black day when the district rebels had surround the Capitol, cutting it off from supplies for the remaining two years of the war "Remember children," she'd say, "we are but besieged - we have not surrendered!" Then she would warble the anthem out of the penthouse window as the bombs rained down. Her small act of defiance.
We humbly kneel
To your ideal,
And the notes she could never quite hit...
And pledge our love to you!
Coriolanus winced a little. For a decade now, though the rebels had been silent, his grandmother had not. There were still two verses to go.
Gem of Panem
Heart of Justice,
Wisdom crowns your marble brow.
Cardinal numbers only...
5 + 8 + 2 + 2 = 17
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Songbirds_and_Snakes
More along this line...
https://greatawakening.win/p/15IXWa4urZ/mg-show--shadys-got-new-teeth--a/
[Hat tip to v8power for heads up on trailer release and 11/17/2023 date decode.]