Fascist. Hag.

"Bright Star" by John Keats

Stars may be magical and mystical and romantic and stuff, but there are probably better things to put admiration and loathing into. The speaker almost loses himself in describing the positive attributes of the star, patient and steadfast, yet then comes to his senses ("No-yet still steadfast, still unchangeable....") and accuses it of being alone, sleepless, and overall static. Then, to create some interest in this thing, he shifts to include his lover in the picture and how being static would be worst of all, preferring to end at the highest peak of his passion than to level off. This theme is probably also used in the movie Bright Star about the Keat-inator himself and his many conquests which is evident in the tagline of the movie, "First love burns brightest." Aren't they adorable over there? It's definitely a chick flick, but I might see it. What do you say Ebert and Roeper? Thumbs up or down? "Bright Star" also seems to me like it would make one of those trashy romance novels women read.

Garth, that was a haiku!

"I taste a liquor never brewed" by E.D.

Oh how figurative you are Miss E.D.! Not to mention all the extended metaphor a-hap'nin' with the liquor and the air and the nature. Naturally, this little number is an entire metaphor for comparing happy nature things to liquor. Nature being the choice drink of E.D. for a good ol' time makes her "inebriated" and giddy such as a-a-a-a-a-al-ca-haul may make someone else less than rational. She's also really in the drinking mood because "When 'Landlords' turn the drunken Bee out of the Foxglove's door-" (as in throwing a drunk out of a bar) and "When Butterflies - renounce their 'drams'-" (the Butterflies put a cap on they dranks) E.D. states "I shall but drink the more!" (Woo! Shawty is ON ta-night!) However, because she's getting "drunk on nature," this seems to imply that she loves nature so much she won't be tired of it even when part of nature (butterflies and bees) are tired of it. Also, just as a fun fact, E.D. alludes to the Rhine river in Germany where they grow grapes on the riverside with which to make wine.

Party on Wayne. Party on Garth.

Excellent!

Little. Yellow. Different.

Wayne, you learned to say "I look pretty" in Cantonese!