TEA TIME in L.A.

BUFFY


VISIBLE CRUELTY 
                              (8-sonnet sequence)
PART 2


(3) WHICH 
                              BRINGS US TO OUR BUFFY 
                              EPISODE:

Already shown in BOLD-CAPS 
                              prev'ously,

the message written by the girl 
                              -- "in code,"

thought Willow -- but 
                              quite plain for you and me.


We in the 
                              audience have seen her past.

The girl who 
                              only sought to bring her soul

into 
                              communion found herself out-caste

where 
                              "mean-girls" hold the damned remote-control . . 
                              .


. . . of school-wide ratings of who's 
                              in and out.

The writers stacked her deck to 
                              make it worse.

Not even teachers saw her 
                              high hand shout,

"oh please just call on 
                              me." It was her curse . . .


. . . 
                              to end up in a ep. with no bad vamp:

Well, 
                              someone must play loser to our 
                              champ.


(4) AND SO ANOTHER "CRAZY 
                              LOSER" TALE'S

transmitted to a world that 
                              "knows it cold."

The ones who suffer, each 
                              sad one who fails

to find their place in 
                              high school, so we're told . . .


. . . 
                              is just one step from slaughter and 
                              mayhem.

You mix that angst with 
                              Hellmouth, and watch out!

But 
                              everywhere, we'll keep an eye on them.

AND 
                              NOW THE TWIST, some F.B. "Eyes" with clout . . 
                              .


. . . jumped in the ring when 
                              Buffy'd won the match,

and dragged 
                              the challenger to where she'd LEARN

to be a 
                              useful citizen. The catch?

"The 
                              powers that be" know schools will always turn . . 
                              .


. . . a few kids into killers we 
                              can't see.

They hate. They kill. 
                              Deniability


[CONTINUED IN 
                              PART 3]

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