serinde: (dancing zombies!)
serinde ([personal profile] serinde) wrote2009-03-02 12:57 pm

And Now, Your Moment Of Poetry

...which perfectly sums up the New York winter experience. So, with no further ado:

Winter is icumen in,
Lhude sing Goddamm,
Raineth drop and staineth slop,
And how the wind doth ramm!
Sing: Goddamm.
Skiddeth bus and sloppeth us,
An ague hath my ham.
Freezeth river, turneth liver,
Damm you; Sing: Goddamm.
Goddamm, Goddamm, 'tis why I am, Goddamm,
So 'gainst the winter's balm.
Sing goddamm, damm, sing goddamm,
Sing goddamm, sing goddamm, DAMM.
-- Ezra Pound

[identity profile] nedlnthred.livejournal.com 2009-03-02 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
You're funnier than your allotment. It makes the rest of us look bad.

[identity profile] syringavulgaris.livejournal.com 2009-03-02 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not! Ezra Pound is!

[identity profile] nedlnthred.livejournal.com 2009-03-02 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
You applied him here. He doesn't know nothin' about today.

[identity profile] must-sew-faster.livejournal.com 2009-03-02 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
C'mon...you're mid-west raised. Six inches of snow, p'shaw!

[identity profile] syringavulgaris.livejournal.com 2009-03-02 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not the accumulation, it's the resultant slush.

[identity profile] must-sew-faster.livejournal.com 2009-03-02 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Pffft...slush is better than black ice.

[identity profile] nancaurelia.livejournal.com 2009-03-02 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I say the black ice is worse when you're driving (as we do near our houses) and the NYC slush is worse when you're walking (as we do near our offices).

Spring is our only hope! And until then, poetry courtesy of you!

[identity profile] must-sew-faster.livejournal.com 2009-03-02 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I think the black ice is far far more dangerous than slush for walkers. Slush you can see; you only realize you've stepped on black ice when you're landing.