Hands Down the Funniest Thing EVAR

Apr 23, 2008 21:31

But perhaps only a few will appreciate it this much....

I stole this from LiteraryMakeovers.blogspot.com. (A site I stole from MattJosh.) It's an hysterical site, anyone with even a mild interest in literature needs to go look.
This was the entry a few days ago:

Fact: You can sing most of Emily Dickinson's poems to the Gilligan's Island theme song. Go ahead. Try it:

"Because I could not stop for Death --
He kindly stopped for me --
The Carriage held but just Ourselves --
And Immortality.

We slowly drove -- He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility --

We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess -- in the Ring --
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain --
We passed the Setting Sun --

Or rather -- He passed Us --
The Dews drew quivering and chill --
For only Gossamer, my Gown --
My Tippet -- only Tulle --

We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground --
The Roof was scarcely visible --
The Cornice -- in the Ground --

Since then -- 'tis Centuries -- and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity --

The weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed--------"

Oh, sorry. Got carried away.
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