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BUFFY-VERSE SERIES (78-81)  SONNETS #82-85 of 154  (86)
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BtVS EPISODE #19 (2.07) "Lie To Me" ONE-HAIKU (EPISODE) RECAP: The one where Buffy is betrayed by an old friend ... in trade for vamp "life." |
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SONNETS #82-85 for Tea Time in L.A. #31 - TOPIC: BtVS#19 Lie To Me ORIGINALLY POSTED AT (UPN) WWW.BUFFY.COM ... BEFORE ALL FORUMS WERE DELETED 9/19/02 ... CLICK THE BRONZE SKULL TO SEE ARCHIVE COPY OF (NONCOLOR) VERSION (FOR COMPARISON) |
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Rhetorical verse for Tea Time in L.A. #31 - (Talking about Buffy as Shakespeare would have. [g]) Posted by: forensicpoetry - Apr 25, 2002, 3:54 PM
rhetorical verse in Shakespearean sonnet form }
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that Angel, Wil, and Xander had aligned
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behind her back, because they were concerned
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by what her old friend "Ford" might have in mind.
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towards all the lies that frame her story line --
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Where lies and good intention may collude
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while other lies may hide a diff'rent sign.
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THOUGH sweet simplicity would be so nice --
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to love or hate on sight and not know more
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than friend or foe. BUT NOW she'll need advice.
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a lawyer to O.K. when you can fire.
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THAT seems a bridge too far to join in verse.
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The Slayer still decides who she will kill . . .
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BUT how she feels about it, she'll converse
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with Giles or Willow . . . "Come on, Buffy, spill . . .
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when dust has settled or blood's on the ground . . .
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the deathly peace that follows when you've won
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your match again . . . before another round.
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to all who have no choice but carry on.
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So yes, Giles, "lie to me" how honor feels.
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My clarity account is overdrawn. . . .
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Well, that's my head, it's diff'rent with my heart.
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BUT STEPPING BACK FROM INSIDE Buffy''s soul
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to gaze across this episode's terrain
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(ignoring, now, the villain's bright lit goal)
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and noting on the dark repeating plain . . .
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and by again, across the diff'rent trails
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of characters who don't like what they spy.
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BUT their interpretation often fails . . .
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the monster of their pain from what transpired.
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For surely, there would be far fewer sighs
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if better readings of the text had sired . . .
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(And Angel made the point that truth needs skirts.)
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A T.V. DRAMA does not make a case.
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It's not a sermon aiming at a sin.
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YET, still, I climb the mountain up one face
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and try to seek one solitary spin . . .
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and leads me in directions by sheer chance.
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By this time in four sonnets I lose hope
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of planting some bright flag on mounts near France . . . {g}
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This habit is not justified at all.
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And some might even say that it is theft
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that I would have the stupefying gall . . .
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To hell with gall. I add this to my score. {G}
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