Temptation

IMAGINARY GARDEN

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asks us write about temptation

TEMPTATION

Tell yourself you just don't care,

Even if temptation's there.
Make-believe you're quite immune;
Pretend that you'll forget it soon.

That which is denied attracts.
Avoid it! Come on, face the facts!
Temptation has been round since Eve

(If that's a tale that you believe!)
Of course, you can if you like, give in!
Naughty! Naughty! That's a sin!

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PREDOMINANTLY PICTURES!

I'm not entirely certain

But I'm pretty sure it's true

That graphic fiction aims

To make life easier for you.

Should Tolstoy prove too taxing,

Should Shakespeare numb your brain,

You can read the tale in picture-form

And thus escape the pain.

Now a comic is a comic;

That I can quite accept,

But why should a novel be 'comicised'

Just because you're inept?

(The 'you' I refer to isn't you ........

I'm sure you're literate!

I'm sure you'd never take 'King Lear'

And try to 'Twitter' it!)

Great writing is much more than plots;

The language is paramount,

And Graphic Fiction, it seems to me,

Says language doesn't count.

I think it must be very rare

For someone to start with pictures

And then turn to the literature

With its academic strictures!

If we asked 'Will you now read it?'

They'd respond  'No I will NOT!

Why should I plough through all that stuff

When I already know the plot?'

So it's a case of 'either/or'

And, though my understanding's hazy,

I feel that Graphic Fiction's

Just a way of being lazy.

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PS

Today we had a rehearsal at the hall. (It rained......of course!) We're getting toward crunch time so we'll have to slip-in extra rehearsals. But today was pretty useful as we organised a few moves and routines. I was so touched and delighted when 'the girls' (!) gave me a bunch of flowers for my birthday, which was on the 1st. Luckily I had my camera handy!

Note how we're all rugged-up! And it's Summer!