It's 5 am again, but today I feel I should sleep,
But (yesterday's) promises to you I shall keep.
-Now this line I copied from Vibhav's blog
I acknowledge it every time I do it, kyun bhaai log?
Though this doesn't allow me an out-of-context use,
It's fair enough, a fair literary misuse.
Fairer than How Opal Mehta Got Kissed[2],
At least, I leave no reason for anybody to be pissed.
So, "I'm back, doing what I do best.."
-Oh, that's from 'Lord of War' I confess
Anyway, I'm back doing what I do best
Whine, ramble, gabble, burble, blurt.
I don't know on what rules the world of today runs
I find it so difficult to even talk to that one woman,
In a world where once a Butler could get away with This-
"Did you ever think of marrying- just for the fun of it?"[3]
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[1] This is half of what I had written on the next day of the previous post. I didn't publish because the other half didn't look like something I would want to publish. Today I thought that not all of it deserved to die the death of a draft.
[2] I haven't read that book. It was in news for some 'allegedly' plagiarized content.
[3] No offense meant to the fellow blogger(s) who adore(s) That Character from 'Gone With the Wind'. :P [4]
[4] Do I have to acknowledge everything? Even the inspiration for footnoting.. ? [5]
[5] Even the inspiration for footnoting within a footnote.. ? Ok, it's Drenched's blog.
April 21, 2008
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You really need loads of timely sleep. Your craziness peaks are getting frequenter.
haha...enjoyed it. Well a fair literary misuse certainly and at least for that line it wasn't necessary to acknowledge, because it does take away some amount of amusement...but this poem is a sort of comment on acknowledgments themselves so it was fun! good good!
"loads of timely sleep"[1] hahaha!
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[1] Phoenix's comment above
Ahem...ahem...Kaun hai woh??? ;)
[Phoenix]
Perhaps you're right. Craziness once in a while is good, but it shouldn't be this frequent. Got another comment on similar lines, verbally.
[Vibhav]
Hey, be proud of any acknowledgment you receive on my blog. It doesn't come easy (:P). Even Robert Frost tried his luck, but lost to you! :P :D
[RM....]
Koi nahi.. bas khayaali pulaav hain! Hindi mein likho to poetry lagti hai sabko.. but English mein likhte hi realistic lagne lagta hai, right?
And about that footnoting within footnoting...I'm flattered. People are actually coming forward and imitating my craziness. Wheee! :D
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