Reanimated Lavender Granola Switchblade Nun rides again.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Vamps

The beauty of it, honey,
Is that we don't know what we're doing.

We're like 1916 silent movie queens--
Stars of a medium too new to have any stock scenes.

Let me cake on the raccoon eyes and vamp--
You drive the open-top car, and we'll both wear enormous wide-brimmed hats.

We might be speaking Russian--
The silents keep it hid;
We can never say the wrong thing, honey,
Nor confess it if we did.
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12 comments:

  1. wouldn't it be great to never be able to say the wrong thing and just look 'beautiful'? :)

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  2. Maybe it *is* all a silent movie--gestures larger than life, pale under make up, ever innocent in the midst of being so jaded, and you really don't need a script, just move your lips and look sultry. This is a nice one to put under my pillow tonight, Shay.

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  4. LOVIN' those last two lines especially!

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  5. I love "cake on the raccoon eyes," along with the comparison to the silent film era.

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  6. Ooooh! How luscious and glamorous and sultry! I love it.

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  7. Love the character you created to speak these words. Give me a fan!!!

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  8. So Young!? Not to know! O!
    "We're like 1916 silent movie queens--
    Stars of a medium too new to have any stock scenes."

    Do you suppose this is how they numb themselves into performing--or into thinking that they can stay innocent if they pretend . . . or are you thinking vampires? I think you mean "vamp" as in "A woman who uses sexual attraction to exploit men." "the Beauty of it" whew.

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  9. This reminds me of Thelma and Louise. :)

    Awesome ending:
    "We can never say the wrong thing, honey,
    Nor confess it if we did."

    I love "the silents keep" as opposed to "the silence keeps." Totally different meaning, but still ... not something just any writer could come up with.

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