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SONNETS
#127-130 for Tea Time in L.A. #44 - Spike's Special Blend
(Part 3 of 3) & BtVS #30
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Rhetorical verse for Tea Time in
L.A. #44- (Talking about Buffy as Shakespeare
would have. <g>)
Posted by: forensicpopouri - May 14, 2002, 6:49
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A SONNETIZED STORY OF AN ENCOUNTER
WITH SPIKE (PART 3)
IF YOU MISSED
PART 1 . . . you can find it
at
http://www.buffy.com/bronze_posts.jsp?tid=116315
IF
YOU MISSED PART 2 . . . you can find it
at
http://www.buffy.com/bronze_posts.jsp?tid=123717
THE
FIRST THREE SONNETS FOR TODAY
are the
concluding part of a special parallel line
of Bronze sonnets that aren't about
a specific episode
of Buffy the
Vampire Slayer.
This
"line" called SPIKE'S SPECIAL BLEND 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.
THE FOURTH SONNET FOR TODAY
("DEADLY PROPRIETY")
is about BtVS
epsiode #30 "Killed By Death." It's one of
those
episodes someone could skip and not
miss anything very significant
in the
history of Buffy. I call episodes like this
"filler"
(like when Willow
sang in OMWF: "I think this line's mostly
filler.").
It lies blow the three
sonnets of SPIKE'S SPECIAL BLEND (PART
3).
NOTE: THE SONNETS BELOW ARE
POSTED
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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Heeeeey Forensic!
| Posted by:
SelzJS - May 14, 2002, 7:28
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How are you doing?
:P
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NOTE: Daily sonnets reach 154 on 5/22
(and end) LINK TO INDEX OF PREVIOUS
SONNETS
| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - May 14, 2002, 7:00
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Shakespeare wrote
154 sonnets. <smile> Buffy gets 154, too.
<g>
See yesterdays two sonnets . . . for
an index to all
the previous Tea Time (Buffy)
sonnets so far. Here's the
link.
http://www.buffy.com/bronze_posts.jsp?tid=125844
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1 of 3 (sonnet sequence) SPIKE'S SPECIAL
BLEND (part 3)
| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - May 14, 2002, 6:56
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TEA TIME SONNETS
#127-129/154
Rhetorical verse in
Shakespearean sonnet
form
SPIKE'S SPECIAL
BLEND - PART 3
THEN
SPIKE SAID . . .
"(1)
IT SEEMS YOU'VE THOUGHT A LOT about my
role.
PERHAPS TOO MUCH, man . . . though I'm
grateful. Much.
Without my setting, I'm a lump of
coal.
The Buffyverse gave me a way to
touch . . .
. . . the world and reach the
best that James can be.
Hey, I just do the
job. I do my best,
but if Joss hadn't
framed the house you see,
I couldn't decorate
Spike's room. . . . I'm blessed . .
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. . . to have this chance . . . when actors
mostly fail.
Not just for lack of talent . . .
but no space
that's perfectly prepared. . . . Bad
role's are jail.
And, man, I've been there. See
Spike's pretty face?
Well, I have been
plain ugly many times.
The Buffy
show atones for all my
crimes."
[CONTINUED
BELOW]
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2 of 3 (sonnet sequence) SPIKE'S SPECIAL
BLEND (Part 3) cont.
| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - May 14, 2002, 6:55
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SPIKE
CONTINUES . . .
(2) "
FORGET ABOUT SPIKE NOW. Consider this:
The title
character(Buffy) has
been to hell
and heaven . . . then dragged
back.. . . HOW CAN YOU MISS
THAT
SPAN OF POSSIBILITY. Just smell . .
.
. . . the roses that I get to walk
among.
If Spike smells good to you . . .
please think of that.
Before another
Spike-song you have sung,
remember I am
living off the fat . . .
. . . of
Joss's wond'rous land I get to roam.
I
ride across it well. I won't deny . . .
but only
'cause Joss made his place my
home."
SPIKE WINKS AT ME,
"I heard you were a spy . . .
. .
. for Mutant Enemy. But that's the truth.
Or
close enough. I'm grateful, man.
'FORSOOTH.'"
[CONTINUED
BELOW]
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3 of 3 (sonnet sequence) SPIKE'S SPECIAL
BLEND (Part 3) cont.
| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - May 14, 2002, 6:54
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(3) . . . A
PLAYFUL WORD. Spike knows my "Shakespeare
thing."
We're back to drinking beer. Just hanging
out.
TWO GUYS. No more a pauper and a
king.
Especially 'cause when he hears about . .
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. . . the lowness of my funds . . . he pays
the check.
And no, I did not argue this with
Spike.
He wants to pay? Well I say, what
the heck?
What is there 'bout this guy you
wouldn't like?
BUT IT'S NOW TIME TO GO. And
so we do.
I smile at Juliet across the
room
as James and I head out. Yes, she
smiles, too.
Just graciousness. But rare. Now
off I zoom . . .
. . . back to my car where
Spike and I had Tea.
That wraps this story
up . . . of Spike &
me.
[THE END OF SPIKE'S
SPECIAL BLEND]
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SONNET #130 "DEADLY PROPRIETY" (about
BtVS episode 30 ' "Killed By Death")
| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - May 14, 2002, 6:53
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TEA TIME SONNET
#130/154
Rhetorical verse in
Shakespearean sonnet
form
DEADLY PROPRIETY (IS LESS
FILLING)
(1) "Shhh . . .
Hospital . . . No singing," Buffy says.
I
will not argue with her, "Killed By Death"
is
"filler". You can bypass by Suez
Canal
this episode -- the thirtieth.
No song of
praise I'll sing. BUT I'LL POINT OUT:
A MOMENT
"tactless" Cordy hits the
nail
right on the head, so well, it makes you
doubt
(like Cordy) tact is
like a Holy Grail . . .
. . . of human
interaction. MAYBE lies
is all it is. And
lies get in the way
of true communion.
Conversation dies
when you must be too careful
what you say.
I overstate the case . . .
but there's a price
politeness costs . . .
when we play nicey-nice.
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NOTES
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| Posted by:
forensicpopouri - May 14, 2002, 6:53
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NOTE: The
insane idea of putting Buffy thoughts in
Shakespearean sonnet form
. . . is based on
the even more insane idea that
you might
want to give it a try yourself.
For a
"sonnetized" explanation of why this is
not insane <g> . . . you might read
my
previous Bronze threads WHY I POST IN SHAKESPEAREAN
SONNETS:
PART 1: tid=48156 PART 2:
tid=48152
THEN if that challenge seems
like an interesting one to you, look for TEA TIME in
L.A.
at 7:00 PM BRONZE TIME daily . . .
which is truly strange. <g> But it
just
might save the world. <ewg> In any case,
you can brag about being able to write better
than
fill-in-the-blank.
<g>
FOR MORE INFO SEE THE MOST RECENT
TEA TIME CORKBOARD
at
http://www.buffy.com/bronze_posts.jsp?tid=126437
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