TeaTimeSunday / SONNETS
BUFFY-VERSE SERIES (9-12)  SONNETS #13-14 of 154  (15)
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This is not Tea Time . . . but Tea Time will come [g] ( 7-8 PM Bronze Time ) Here's today's verse: Posted by: forensicpoetry - Mar 28, 2002, 3:53 PM
(BUFFY-VERSE SERIES) SONNETS #13-14 of 154
rhetorical verse in Shakespearean sonnet form }
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supplies her tongue with slashing words on cue.
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As Willow learned,{"Anne" 3.1} it's hard to say "what fits
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the moment" when you're staking. How 'bout you? . . .
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to slay the demons that get in your way?
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WELL, HERE AT TEA TIME, we're NOT tasting wines,
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BUT RATHER exercising how to say ...
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We WON'T be asking vampires: "What's your sign?"
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Our TEA TIME slayer training is the kind
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where flabby verbal muscles we'll define.
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Because in battle ... no time to rehearse.
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AT TEA TIME I'M THE WATCHER: Shakespeare's form
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of sonnet is the target that I set
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for all sharp slayer tongues. Your voice transform
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by virtue of fast formal-verse work. Sweat.
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Those who must fight each day to save the world
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... from all the monsters who destroy the fun
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(while never showing{
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... by glorious-schemed agents who dress well
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and stroll the halls of Hollywood with clout.
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A slayer needs strong words to walk through hell.
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The question you must ask: Is it for you? {
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