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Edna St.Vincent Millay was quoted today:

  • Edna St.Vincent Millay was quoted today: Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve..

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  • " I associated it with Dylan Thomas' "Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rage at close of day." but the ashen memory Rage, rage against the dying of the

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  • times they are a changin." I wasn't sure I had the right Dylan. Old age caused me to mix up celebrities "Didn't the Seven-Year-Itch star Marlyn Manson? I didn't think that goth

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  • was young enough. He did have sex with JFK, right?" "Yes," he said slowly, because he felt we were getting off point. My eyes drifted back to Dylan's horns, sharp as they were,

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  • they were useles. Dylan was a total idiot and I was flabbergasted by his immaturity. He wore a T-shirt that read "To All You Virgins: Thanks For Nothing."

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  • Then again, I wasn't always a model of maturity myself. I mean, whenever I hung out with Dylan, I always tried to wear my "I'm With Stupid" T-shirt. He never got it.

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  • I knew he always had the hots for Kelly anyway. So I'm wearing my sophomoric tshirt, and he looks at me with this rage I've never seen before. He jumps out of his Porsche, and

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  • trips and falls flat on his face! Right there in the middle of the street, just like that! Can you believe it? And then this other car came along and ran right over him, and

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  • well, I don't think I have to warn you again about wearin' your pants down too low again, young man. See what happens? And I see you again, fartin' around town with your crack show

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  • ing. What do you want to do for a career become a pencil holder? The young man nodded grabbed a pencil to show he'd been practicing his new trade. Just don't chew the end.

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4 Comments

  1. PurpleProf Jan 17 2013 @ 12:32

    I actually just saw this happen...right before my very eyes...some kid with pants hangin down too low tripped and fell into the street, got run over. KieferSkunk, was that you? Maybe it was Edna who was driving. Poor kid...he got up and was OK. Truth can be stranger than fiction.

  2. KieferSkunk Jan 17 2013 @ 12:37

    Nah, I'm more likely to be the guy doing the running-over. :)

  3. SlimWhitman Jan 17 2013 @ 17:19

    Well I had to chuckle through this whole story and kept at it during those comments. Is that in bad taste?

  4. Chaz Jan 17 2013 @ 21:27

    "When you say Dylan, he thinks you're talking about Dylan Thomas, Whoever he was..." -Simon and Garfunkel, 'A Simple Desultory Philippic'

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