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An excerpt from Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence.

...A helpless silence fell between the man and the woman.
"Shall us go i' th' 'ut?" he asked.
"Do you want me?" she asked in a sort of mistrust.
"Ay, if you want to come."
She was silent.
"Come then!" he said.
And she went with him to the hut. It was quite dark when he had shut the door, so he made a small light in the lantern, as before.
"Have you left your underthings off?" he asked her.
"Yes."
"Ay, well, then I'll take my things off too."
..."Lie down then!"...
(Extract from 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' by D.H. Lawrence)

In which smooth-talking Mellors overcomes bonny Lady C's sexual distrust with his eloquent talk, and fun northern charm. Although of the horsey set, the Lady has a naivety that the astute Mellors soon drills through without effort when he takes the weepy lady off to his base-hut and he showers her with unsheathed affection. We see them go at it like newlyweds and we see the 'old-maidenly' lady become a new, keen, unashamed femme fatale.
Ay, it'll end in tears.

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Salt spray on shingle.
The old man stands on the shore,
Alone with the sea.

Moonlight on water,
Soothes the shiny sea and land.
Ah! the restless plan.

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A song by Elton John.

Hey Nikita is it cold,
In your little corner of the world?
You could roll around the globe,
And never find a warmer soul to know.

Oh I saw you by the wall,
Ten of your tin soldiers in a row,
With eyes that looked like ice on fire,
The human heart the captive in the snow.

Oh Nikita you will never know, anything about my home,
I'll never know how good it feels to hold you,
Nikita I need you so.
Oh Nikita is the other side of any given line in time,
Counting ten tin soldiers in a row?
Oh no, Nikita you'll never know.

Do you ever dream of me?
Do you ever read the letters that I write?
When you look up through the wire,
Nikita do you count the stars at night?

And if there comes a time,
Guns and gates no longer hold you in,
And if you're free to make a choice,
Just look towards the West and find a friend.

Oh Nikita you will never know, anything about my home,
I'll never know how good it feels to hold you,
Nikita I need you so.
Oh Nikita is the other side of any given line in time,
Counting ten tin soldiers in a row?
Oh no, Nikita you'll never know.

Hi King Elton is it cold,
In your little self-obsessive world?
You can roll round like a globe,
And never find a warmth of soul, I know.

With my back against the wall,
I saw you counting money just for show,
With eerie eyes that were - not ice on fire -
But mini pissholes in the snow.

Oh King Elton you will never know, anything of simple folk,
Never understand what makes us tick,
Ooh Elton you're no hero.
Foul, vain diva anti-hero thee, with hair glued on tidily,
Make a million for a one-hour show,
Oh no, a lotta dough!

Do you ever think of life,
When you lie there in your room at night?
When you look into your heart,
Do you see old dinky Reggie Dwight?

Yet kooky Elton you will never know,
Anything of strife and woe,
You do not intuit what makes us tick, no no,
Ooh Elton you need a kick!

Yet ovoid Elton, on the other hand, you're loyal to this England,
With dear David in attendance at your side,
Rooted, in the main, there for the ride.
Hi neurotic, neon Rocket Man, nationwide seen on TV,
Irk with irritative melodies,
i.e: initiate ennui!

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Updated: May 10, 2016


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