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#78-81/154 for Tea Time in L.A. #30 - BtVS18
Halloween
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Rhetorical verse for Tea Time in
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Posted by: forensicpopouri - Apr 23, 2002, 6:31
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TEA TIME SONNETS
#78-81/154
Rhetorical verse
in Shakespearean sonnet
form
SLANDERING
JANUS - RE: "Halloween"
Episode #18 / 2.6 of
BtVS
(1) THE
SLANDERING OF JANUS !!! God of doors . .
.
of PORTALS . . . new
beginnings. SHAME ON JOSS.
SINCE
Giles has research running out his
pores,
HOW COULD god Whedon let the
writer gloss . . .
. . . the essense
of the Roman guardian
of the whole
universe to modern slang.
The
two-faced statue's meaning's been
undone
by sloppy usage. HENCE this
verse harangue.
From "Janus"
comes the first month of the
year.(January)
A
fresh start as our hist'ry turns the
page.
The sacred Janus month,
not one of fear,
but opportunity for
a new age.
First day each month . . .
first hour of each day . . .
and year's
first month -- to Janus Romans
pray.
[CONTINUED
BELOW]
you
speak
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2 of 4 (sonnet sequence) SLANDERING JANUS
cont.
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forensicpopouri - Apr 23, 2002, 6:36
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BUT IN THE
EPISODE NAMED "HALLOWEEN"
the villain prayed
to Janus to unleash
a chaos on
identity's routine.
WELL . . . blame it on
the writer's mind's pastiche . . .
. .
. of fragments of all knowledge from the past.
To
fixate on the two-faced statue's coin
of
common usage that pops rather fast
into our minds
when pieces we adjoin.
The carpenter who uses
one bent nail
to hold his work together should
expect
his effort for the beautiful will
fail.
More care, Joss, in the nails that
you select.
A mish-mash of a theme is
what you get
if standards for your quality
aren't met.
[CONTINUED
BELOW]
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3 of 4 (sonnet sequence) SLANDERING JANUS
cont.
| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - Apr 23, 2002, 6:35
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A "MISH-MASHED
THEME"? . . . What do I mean by
this?
"COHERENCE" is the term that I will
use
to represent the goal -- the perfect
kiss
that comes when all things "click" to
light the fuse . . .
. . . of story power --
when all lines converge
within a magic circle:
beauty's mark.
WHEN DONE RIGHT, all the
characters emerge
with greater clarity. BUT HERE
I BARK . . .
. . . UNHAPPY DOG
with bones to gnaw with rhyme.
I paw the
episode for scraps of meat.
(I can't help if I
do this ev'ry time.)
I want my slobber'ring
verse to find what's sweet.
But dogs who've
tasted meaty bones will yelp
when tossed a salad.
YET I've come to help.
[CONTINUED BELOW]
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4 of 4 (sonnet sequence) SLANDERING JANUS
cont.
| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - Apr 23, 2002, 6:34
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NO HELP,
of course, will fix what has transpired.
This
episode is firmly in the can.
The only fix would
be if I was hired
<g>
a long, long time
ago. Instead of fan, . . .
. . .
consultant of a kind that's not yet
known.
I swear the rhyme has led me down
this path.
A blatant plea for pay would
make me groan.
To bark for money? Give
that dog a bath!
The point, you see, of this
absurd aside
is killing time until I wrap this
up
with some profound remark that will
abide
within your memory. But, Buttercup, . .
.
. . . whatever insight that I meant to
say
got lost when money happened in my
way.
THE
END
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HAIKU
CODA
Perhaps all writers
can lose their
inspiration
when their dogs hunt dough.
<ewg>
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NOTE
2: If you watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode
#18 (Season 2 Episode 6) before
reading these sonnet
you will more easily understand what this sonnet
sequence means.
NOTE 3: Poets who are
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