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BtVS17 Reptile Boy
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Rhetorical verse for Tea Time in
L.A. #29- Please do not post comments here (use
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Posted by: forensicpopouri - Apr 22, 2002, 6:48
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CHARMED
(LIVES) (inspired by BtVS #17/2.5 "Reptile
Boy")
rhetorical verse in
Shakesperean sonnet form
(1)
ALTHOUGH IT'S TRUE that Cordy wants the
ring
of worldly wealth and well-bred
husband prize --
dear Buffy wants
"the rest" so bad, her destiny she'll
fling
aside so casually . . . to go in
search of guys . . .
. . . or as she'd
put it "normal girly stuff."
Of course,
reluctant heroes are the norm in Screenplay
101,
so these decisions can't be blamed on
Buf.
(Also cliche: "Girls just want
to have fun.")
With Angel's
fateful cards too hot to deal,
and
"Sargeant" Giles' tough training wearing
thin,
Good Lord, this high school girl
just wants to feel
all pretty
sometimes. Can she never win . .
.
. . . a pony ride of pure, "plain
girl" delight.
Instead of danger ev'ry
single night?
[CONTINUED
BELOW]
you
speak
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PART 2 of 4 (sonnet sequence) CHARMED
(LIVES)
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forensicpopouri - Apr 22, 2002, 6:52
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(2) SO TO
ESCAPE the drudgery of fate,
our
Buffy tells a lie and takes a drink
amidst
a pit of vipers who deflate
a girl's defenses
with smooth talk. Their kink . . .
. . . is
how their worldly grace must be maintained.
Some
women seeking "more" are sacrified
to "Reptile
Boy." And so our hero's chained
with
Cordy and another who had priced . .
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. . . the merchandise -- yet overlooked
the tax.
(The metaphors are
slanderous of course --
the rich don't
quite deserve the writers' axe
so bluntly. Their
luck's not by evil force . . .
The source of
their good fortune's more mundane
than
reptile gods. Today, I won't
explain.)
[CONTINUED
BELOW]
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PART 3 of 4 [sonnet sequence] CHARMED
(LIVES)
| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - Apr 22, 2002, 6:51
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(3) SUFFICE
TO SAY that Buffy saves the day.
It's
lucky that her bonds were not too
strong,
Or she, like Cordy could just
kneel and pray:
when ev'rything about your
day goes wrong.
I say that with some
irony because
the prayers in Sunnydale are
just a joke --
and only evil folk need sacred
laws
(Each Reptile lover wore a monkish
cloak).
No, violence is always
Buffy's strength.
No pow'r beyond her
muscles is required
except a pointy stake of any
length.
I'm sure her fated role would make her
tired . . .
. . . of the whole business, and
just want to be
a charmed boy's girl with no
anxiety.
[CONTINUED BELOW]
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PART 4 of 4 [sonnet sequence] CHARMED
(LIVES)
| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - Apr 22, 2002, 6:50
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THE TIME is
running out as TEA TIME comes
and somehow all my
points have run away --
my calculator will not do
its sums.
And so this final sonnet's just for
play. <g>
The reason for extending this
strange verse
is that I've reached the midpoint
of this path
along the way to Shakespeare's num.
I nurse
these lines along . . . I'm sure
incurring wrath . . .
. . . of poets
everywhere who scream: "No More!
Why do you
pour these words in Shakespeares's form?
Please
take these awful lines. Get out the door
before
we lose our minds. Go find a dorm . . .
. . .
in some insane asylum, where no harm
will be done
by your verse. How 'bout a
farm?"
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AND THUS WE REACH THE END
OF 77 SONNETS ... ONE HALF OF 154
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