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SONNETS
#113-116 for Tea Time in L.A. #42 - Spike's Special Blend
(Part 2)
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Rhetorical verse for Tea Time in
L.A. #42- (Talking about Buffy as Shakespeare
would have. <g>)
Posted by: forensicpopouri - May 10, 2002, 6:20
PM
This is part of a special new
parallel line of Bronze sonnets . .
.
that aren't about a specific
episode of Buffy the Vampire
Slayer.
This "line" SPIKE'S
SPECIAL BLEND (this is the second
part)
is telling the story of . . .
well, let's call it "some time with Spike"
. . .
Is it true? I'll never tell.
<smile>
Do keep in mind that the
"surface" of the tale may not be what
this
sonnet sequence is mainly about.
IF YOU MISSED PART
1
of SPIKE'S SPECIAL BLEND . .
. you can find it
at
http://www.buffy.com/bronze_posts.jsp?tid=116315
SPIKE'S
SPECIAL BLEND (PART 2) IS POSTED
BELOW
in "reverse" order, so you can
scroll straight down as you read the 4
posts.
NOTE: TO KEEP THE SONNETS FROM
SCROLLING INTO OBLIVION . . .
PLEASE
DON'T REPLY HERE, THANKS,
POST
FEEDBACK / COMMENTS / QUESTIONS AT
tid=80583
http://www.buffy.com/bronze_posts.jsp?tid=80583
you
speak
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1 of 4 (sonnet sequence) SPIKE'S SPECIAL
BLEND (part 2)
| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - May 10, 2002, 6:23
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TEA TIME SONNETS
#113-116/154
Rhetorical verse in
Shakespearean sonnet
form
SPIKE'S SPECIAL
BLEND - PART 2
(1) FROM
VILLAIN . . .
TO A CLOWN . . .
AND
THEN TO "SAINT"
WHO let himself be beaten
near to death
for Buffy's sake. THEN
LOVER. . .
NOW THEY
PAINT
SPIKE BACK TO EVIL.
Whew!
I take a breath . . .
. . . and sip my beer
to let James contemplate
my summary of
SPIKE's trajectory.
HE SMILES that smile . .
. but I will have to wait
for Spike's
analysis . . . BECAUSE WE SEE . .
.
DRUSCILLA ON THE DANCE FLOOR
beckoning.
JAMES NODS to indicate that
I should go
enjoy Drusilla's
clutches. . . . He's the king
tonight. Who'd
argue? . . . How'd he know . . .
. . . I
love to dance. I guess he's worth that
beer.
Beyond Spike's fangs . . . perhaps
he is a seer.
[CONTINUED
BELOW]
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2 of 4 (sonnet sequence) SPIKE'S SPECIAL
BLEND (Part 2) cont.
| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - May 10, 2002, 6:23
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(2) Ms.
Landau is a charmer. Met her dad
one
night at the Egyptian theatre.
He'd never let his
daughter love a cad . . .
not even on TV. "No
Spike's no cur. . .
. . . NO MATTER
how they write him, HE TRANSCENDS
the box
that Joss (now, Noxon) made for
him.
NO MATTER how the Buffy story ends.
The blessing of the Marster's
choice won't dim."
ENOUGH about her
dad, I'm in her arms . . .
AND SHE is
teasing me with her dark moves.
It's fun . . .
Drusilla's games . . . and Landau's
charms
are quite a combination. IT BEHOOVES . .
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. . . ME to control my fantasies
before
I dance too long and Spike sneaks
out the door.
[CONTINUED
BELOW]
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3 of 4 (sonnet sequence) SPIKE'S SPECIAL
BLEND (Part 2) cont.
| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - May 10, 2002, 6:22
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(3) And so,
reluctantly, I make my way
back to THE BOOTH
where Marsters sips his fine
imported
beer. What does he have to say
about the role
of SPIKE he's made devine?
He's
humbler than you'd think about the
gift
he has bestowed on us . . . with his
bold strokes
of artistry. The Buffyverse
he lifts
with his bare presence. . . . NO, I'm
not gay, folks! <ewg>
I DO NOT MEAN
James Marsters' naked skin . . .
but naked
talent -- viseral and
smart.
(The fact that not one Emmy did
he win
means that Academy's not worth a
fart.)
James rode SPIKE's role to
heaven . . . far beyond
designers' dreams
of some Sid Vicious
blonde.
[CONTINUED
BELOW]
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4 of 4 (sonnet sequence) SPIKE'S SPECIAL
BLEND (Part 2) cont.
| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - May 10, 2002, 6:21
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(4) IMAGINE IF
"THE XANDER BOX" was filled
with some
transcendent actor who could jump
the
stupid-joke-boy bar . . . who would have
killed
the idiotic tendencies that mar . .
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. . . the Xander role that's always
made me cringe.
The pilot role description IS
NOT dumb.
WHY DID a stupid joke
become the hinge
that Xander pivots round.
(Role's rule of thumb.)
That actor . .
. I don't want to speak his name . .
.
allows his vehicle to go to
hell.
It's lucky that he doesn't want more
fame.
(Or so I've heard.) ENOUGH 'BOUT XAN
. . . I SMELL . . .
. . . SPIKE'S
CIGARETTE . . . AS HE BEGINS TO SPEAK . .
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What did he say? I'll tell you all . . .
next week.
TO BE
CONTINUED . . .
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