TEA TIME in L.A.

[rhetorical verse in Shakesperean Sonnet Form]

"Once More, With 
                              Adjustments"- Old Episodes &Older 
                              Eyes
[rhetorical verse in 
                              Shakesperean Sonnet Form]

PART 1: FROM 
                              DETAIL TO BIG PICTURE


(1) THE 
                              CROSS THAT ANGEL GAVE HER WAS NOT ON

when 
                              Luke reached down to kill, BUT THEN 
                              APPEARED

right there, right by her heart -- 
                              THEN POOF, IT'S GONE

right after Luke's 
                              right hand's flesh had been 
                              seared.


A "PICKY" THING TO 
                              NOTICE, but I do.

With hindsight from six 
                              seasons' future fact,

I find my eyes too 
                              jaded to pursue

loose threads of beauty, 
                              'til new seams are tacked.


The threads 
                              that yield more recent misery

were clearly 
                              visible right from the start.

And if your 
                              heart enjoyed the 
                              fantasy,

reality now's pulled 
                              those seams apart.


I guess I'm saying, 
                              now, I can't be blind

to what it might have 
                              been. I've changed my mind.


(2) THE 
                              CHALLENGE I'D SET FORTH was to explore

the 
                              Buffy tapestry -- it's darks and 
                              lights.

Find patterns to remember and 
                              adore.

And thereby -- should we ever set 
                              our sights . . .


. . . on telling TV 
                              tales -- we'd have clear lines

well chalked 
                              in mem'ry by Joss Whedon's hand.

Have 
                              learned the secrets of his best 
                              designs.

BUT NOW I want to change what I 
                              had planned.


WHAT IF we could change 
                              anything? BEGIN:

FIRST I'd persuade 
                              Ms. Holmes to take "the" role.

THEN 
                              cast "the cooler Xander" (his real 
                              twin).

AND I would play the vampire with 
                              a soul. <g>


NO WAIT, 
                              don't mock me with your monkey pants.

(Hey, 
                              I can dream.) New Angel comes from France! 
                              

[CONTINUED IN PART 2]

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