Gothic Horror Challenge 2010

Oct 30, 2010 01:43

Beware, there be poetry--rather bad poetry--under the cut. You are warned.

Just a kiss )

gelsey, gothic horror

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roseofthewest October 30 2010, 12:57:59 UTC
Give me a kiss to build a dream on
and my imagination will thrive upon that kiss
Sweetheart, I ask no more than this
a kiss to build a dream on

(Ruby/Kalmar/Hammerstein)

Your meter fits the above song pretty well.

Anyhow, I love the almost-romance underlying this. It's a good match for the one Trish wrote a while back. Death is a bit over-eager to use poison in this case, but that just makes it seem more like an ardent lover.

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gelsey October 30 2010, 20:12:59 UTC
Ooh, never heard that before. But I like it.

I suck at getting meter right, so I threw it out the mental window this time. But it didn't suck too badly.

Well, I think Death always wears cyanide lipstick lol. Or something like that. I was trying to get across that lover feel though. Thanks :)

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roseofthewest October 30 2010, 21:09:57 UTC
I'm glad you like the song. Louis Armstrong did what I think is the definitive cover of it.

Yes, I think the lover and (his?) eagerness came right through your piece. One tends to think of death as waiting patiently for old age, but this one is like a teenaged boy, trying every ruse he can think of to get her to say yes.

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gelsey October 31 2010, 12:11:03 UTC
... I think you just offended the Death in my head. He's sneering and turning his back on you. Phbbt.

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roseofthewest October 31 2010, 14:50:29 UTC
Yeah, I probably offended the teenaged boy, too, that I think he's so obvious, but he is. I don't blame him, but I'm not going to succomb right now just because it's going to happen eventually.

Which is why one tells teenaged boys (and Death), "Now hold on. I want to enjoy life as it is, first."

Off topic... great job on dyno_drabbles this week. I loved that picture of friendship and camaraderie in the midst of what was always an affliction, at least for Remus.

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gelsey October 31 2010, 20:39:46 UTC
Snickers. <3 Yeah. That's totally why Death was so intent upon the wooing. lol

Oh, thank you! I was, for once, actually nice to a werewolf, LOL. Usually I'm all angst... But thank you again! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

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