Reanimated Lavender Granola Switchblade Nun rides again.

Friday, September 28, 2012

Pipes

I've the desire to be a siren,
and so siren shall I be.

I'll wash my throat with strong lye soap--
my tongue with strychnine tea--
then when I sing, my cunning will bring
the doomed from out the sea.

I've the desire to be wicked,
and so wicked shall I be,

that the Lorelei will seek me out
to ask and bow and find out how
I sing so
sing-u-lar-ly.
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for Fireblossom Friday.

22 comments:

  1. I'm with Mama Zen--if this doesn't put the ship on the rocks, I don't know what will. I especially like the last line/word, and it's sounded-out syllables.

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  2. You will create another myth with the power of this telling! A myth of an Ur-siren with no throat or voice who "sings" by sucking "the doomed from out the sea." Singularly indeed! What pipes! Beautiful!

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  3. I love that this feisty siren-song is labeled under "Try and Stop Me".

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  4. I love the Try and Stop Me, too. You are Unstoppable! And that makes me so happy!

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  5. Lyrical!
    And the lustful fear of all pirates!

    Beautiful!

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  6. I've the desire to be wicked,
    and so wicked shall I be....love that line. I think there is a bit of the wicked in me. :)

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  7. I remember the desire to be wicked. I no longer have it, of course, because it was a trifle exhausting.
    I love the rhythm of "to ask and bow and find out how"...so simple but so effective here.
    K

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  8. Ah....one thing about magic, if you are the magician you can be whatever you want to be!!

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  9. "to ask and bow and find out how..."

    I love the rhythm and rhyme of this, and I wanna be, too!

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  10. "I've the desire to be wicked,
    and so wicked shall I be,"

    and so you shall, SP, so you shall! {smile}

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  11. This is excellent. But I don't know why anyone would really want to be a siren. What a lonely life that would be. I love the mention of the lorelei.

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  12. The cadence of this is absolutely perfect. There's a lilting loveliness here, with an evil edge underneath. Perfect siren song, in other words. Love this, especially: "then when I sing, my cunning will bring
    the doomed from out the sea."

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  13. Love it! Sea shanties for sirens!

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  14. I finally wrote for your prompt, Shay! I cheated a little and paired it with mine...

    WOW...this IS a spooky siren song...the lilting magic of this makes it truly a joy to read!

    I love the lye soap and strychnine tea!!

    Poe WOULD be proud! :)

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