Apparently I don't look like a singer.
I'm not sure what a singer looks like.
Maybe skinnier?
Perhaps people think the notes come out clearer that way
Rocketing straight up from the diaphragm
Out the mouth
Tuneful and brilliant
Whereas a melody might get lost
Among my curves.
It's a possibility,
I don't actually know.
I DO know that if I try for high notes
I get faint and squeaky.
I'm an alto
Tending to the lower registers
And given to transposing higher songs
So they fit my natural range.
That's probably cheating.
I say 'apparently' I don't look like a singer
Because people are always surprised that I sing well.
It's not
'Cause it's nine in the afternoon
and i lie beside him, staring into
his eyes as only the very newly in love do
as if they have never seen the other before.
And your eyes are the size of the moon
as i search his face, not just his eyes
sketching it in my head, trying to memorize
every damn line.
You could, 'cause you can, so you do
because good friends could be
even better boyfriends, because he
is a surprisingly good kisser for a geek.
Feeling so good, just the way that we do,
as usual our friendship has a certain spark
but unusually this time as we lay in the dark,
we acknowledge it's lovers we should be instead.
when it's
Apparently I don't look like a singer.
I'm not sure what a singer looks like.
Maybe skinnier?
Perhaps people think the notes come out clearer that way
Rocketing straight up from the diaphragm
Out the mouth
Tuneful and brilliant
Whereas a melody might get lost
Among my curves.
It's a possibility,
I don't actually know.
I DO know that if I try for high notes
I get faint and squeaky.
I'm an alto
Tending to the lower registers
And given to transposing higher songs
So they fit my natural range.
That's probably cheating.
I say 'apparently' I don't look like a singer
Because people are always surprised that I sing well.
It's not
'Cause it's nine in the afternoon
and i lie beside him, staring into
his eyes as only the very newly in love do
as if they have never seen the other before.
And your eyes are the size of the moon
as i search his face, not just his eyes
sketching it in my head, trying to memorize
every damn line.
You could, 'cause you can, so you do
because good friends could be
even better boyfriends, because he
is a surprisingly good kisser for a geek.
Feeling so good, just the way that we do,
as usual our friendship has a certain spark
but unusually this time as we lay in the dark,
we acknowledge it's lovers we should be instead.
when it's
Kind Words from the Neil Gaiman by poppetplanetgirl, journal
Kind Words from the Neil Gaiman
I've just returned from Boskone 50, where I was the Official Artist. I found this really lovely introduction in the program book. Thought you'd enjoy it too:
I fell in love with Lisa Snellings in New Orleans, about five minutes before I met her.
It was at World Fantasy Con in 1994, and I was walking through the art show. There was a sculpture of a Jack in a Box called 'Don't Ask Jack,' and it was love at first sight. I remember the way the Jack grinned and extended his hand. There was something about it that seemed perfect ---uncanny, disturbing, as it it held secrets.
One day I would write a short story all about that Jack in
...but it was for a good reason!
Posted a poem. The main conceit of the poem is a song that an ex-boyfriend used to sing to me, which I now can't stand. The friendship survived the breakup (barely), the song was a civilian casualty. So, I built a poem around it. Not completely useless.
HOWEVER, the song is a copyrighted piece of media, and I don't know what the rules are about publishing when you've included a quote (in this case the whole chorus) from someone else's work. This particular poem is probably not worth all the hassle, so for now it's just going on dA. Enjoy. Or don't.
so there is no art of any sort on this account. i used to have another account, with some poems & stories, then realized i was mostly using deviantart to look at other people's art, not post my own. besides, my old account had a really dumb name. so i deleted it and made this one. whee!