http://faerye.net/post/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-words-part-ivComments on "These are a few of my favorite words, Part IV" - Faerye Net2003-10-15T13:06:21+00:00http://faerye.net/post/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-words-part-iv#comment-642Re: A Stab2003-10-15T13:06:21+00:002003-10-15T13:06:21+00:00<p>I like it.</p>felicityhttp://faerye.net/post/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-words-part-iv#comment-640A Stab2003-10-15T12:12:03+00:002003-10-15T12:12:03+00:00<p>Prolix, I<br />
observe the sky,<br />
eye<br />
not the clouds,<br />
but a cumulonimbal communion,<br />
not the moon,<br />
but a crescent contortion,<br />
not the stars,<br />
but a celestial collection.<br />
Oh, but language is a tyrant<br />
who tears earth’s shadows out from heaven’s sons,<br />
renders passion into memoirs,<br />
severs us from the sun.</p>Rock Starhttp://faerye.net/post/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-words-part-iv#comment-632No subject2003-10-13T14:25:38+00:002003-10-13T14:25:38+00:00<p>My <a href="http://www.faerye.net/content.php?id=22&parentid=114#114">one-legged pa</a> got a job<br />
Editing manuals for something called “Unix”<br />
“This chapter’s absurd,”<br />
He’s been known to observe,<br />
“And that one is too long and prolix!”</p>
<p>
(okay, I tried)
</p>wonko