THE FOG
PART TWO
Section 15
They keep coming and going with impunity,
Some phlegmatic, some morose and some
witty.
A short, stout woman built like a weird keg
of beer
Shook herself vigorously and
ponderously drew near.
“Come on, let the marriage celebrations
begin,”
Announced she, her face breaking into a grin.
Everyone was looking forward to the
marriage.
There were cars, scooters and one ornate
carriage.
There were guests wiry, obese and merrily
rotund,
Pale looking, also rosy–cheeked and rubicund.
Their colorful dresses, of social status
redolent
With a celebratory fervor, the atmosphere
vibrant.
Like a ribbon, the marriage procession
undulated,
Happy that a marriage was about to be
celebrated.
On a three tiered cake, a chocolate cupid
swung.
Some danced, some talked, others joyously
sung.
There was merry laughter as time continued to
tick.
With double entendres, the atmosphere was
thick.
The fumes of the feast addled many a
brain
But about the festivities none could
complain.
Music, being the food of love, played on.
Guests danced on and on endlessly till dawn.
Cicadas chirped, revelers made merry
untired.
But the owls hooted, with great ardour fired.
The newly married couple were dizzily
euphoric.
Mesmerized I was by this scene phantasmagoric.
Singing, dancing, laughing on a tree trunk
they sunk.
I swayed drunkenly, my voice slurred, was I
drunk?
The festivities over, all would now drift
into sleep.
In sudden bursts, sleep towards me began to
creep.
I yawned and drifted into forgetfulness
pretty soon.
The clouds started playing hide and seek with
the moon.
Misty Morning -- Mary T. Hoffman
Duke Orsino of Illyria open William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" with three well-known lines:
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Give me excess of it; that surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
The duke is madly infatuated with Olivia, but she has sworn to mourn her dead brother for two years and does not return the duke's attention. So he hopes that partaking of too much music will cause him to become disgusted with it and that his passion will die.
Amazing lines.
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