小鳥の歌 41 and 42
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akikawa_nikkiIn a wild twirl
The last leaves of autumn dance
On the lacy grass
The hesitant ones are left
To the wind's icy mercy
Link: twirling to wild twirl. This one was setting up for the next poem, but was so obvious my brother-in-law caught the reference before I posted the next poem in the sequence. Which was awesome because that's HOW this kind of thing is supposed to work!
Within the tempest
I am a leaf on the wind
Just watch how I soar
In serenity I wait
For the inevitable
Link: icy mercy to within the tempest (eg: no mercy). The second and third lines are a paraphrase from the Firefly movie "Serenity" (hence the wordplay in line four).
For those unfamiliar:
Now get you heathens hence, and watch Firefly, one of the greatest sci-fi series ever made.
The last leaves of autumn dance
On the lacy grass
The hesitant ones are left
To the wind's icy mercy
Link: twirling to wild twirl. This one was setting up for the next poem, but was so obvious my brother-in-law caught the reference before I posted the next poem in the sequence. Which was awesome because that's HOW this kind of thing is supposed to work!
Within the tempest
I am a leaf on the wind
Just watch how I soar
In serenity I wait
For the inevitable
Link: icy mercy to within the tempest (eg: no mercy). The second and third lines are a paraphrase from the Firefly movie "Serenity" (hence the wordplay in line four).
For those unfamiliar:
Now get you heathens hence, and watch Firefly, one of the greatest sci-fi series ever made.
