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Y'all had to know this one was coming, right?

And Death Shall Have No Dominion
by Dylan Thomas

And death shall have no dominion.
Dead men naked they shall be one
With the man in the wind and the west moon;
When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone,
They shall have stars at elbow and foot;
Though they go mad they shall be sane,
Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again;
Though lovers be lost love shall not;
And death shall have no dominion.

And death shall have no dominion.
Under the windings of the sea
They lying long shall not die windily;
Twisting on racks when sinews give way,
Strapped to a wheel, yet they shall not break;
Faith in their hands shall snap in two,
And the unicorn evils run them through;
Split all ends up they shan't crack;
And death shall have no dominion.

And death shall have no dominion.
No more may gulls cry at their ears
Or waves break loud on the seashores;
Where blew a flower may a flower no more
Lift its head to the blows of the rain;
Though they be mad and dead as nails,
Heads of the characters hammer through daisies;
Break in the sun till the sun breaks down,
And death shall have no dominion.

My mom texted me this morning to let me know her pickup order included everything on her list, which I told her it would, if she was usually able to get everything when shopping in the store. So, she's going to do it next week too, and if she has the need to text me each time, that's fine, as long as she stays. out. of the. goddamn. store. As I said to Suz Voy on Twitter, every interaction with my parents is so textbook OK BOOMER.

Today has been maintenance cleaning thus far. Load of laundry, took out the trash, including the food waste stored in the fridge and freezer, kitchen counter wipe down. I do the dishes immediately after every meal, since I loathe a pile-up. That'll probably be it, since I've got a guy coming to do maintenance on my A/C, and I'll need to wipe down things after he leaves. I did no writing yesterday except my post, and I think I'll go ahead and mark my camp project as complete. I wish it was running every month, because the cabin's been so great just to drop in and get encouragement from seeing everybody else sometimes in the zone, sometimes stuck on a plot point they need to talk out, sometimes just bulling their way through the day's word count. It's the good stuff of belonging to a community of writers in the drafting stages, and celebrating with each other as we get through the other stages, too. #bestnanocabin

I forgot to mention, I managed to get my Viki account set up and synced on my TV, so my "followed" shows are on there and primed for watching when I'm ready (it's the closest to a queue I can find on a free account). I have Joy of Life, Fight Break Sphere, and Jade Dynasty for Xiao Zhan, and then Hotel del Luna because skygiants has been doing polls on the hotel owner's outfits each episode and they are amazing, and also ghosts. Any other suggestions for things to watch? I watched Coffee Prince back in the day, I've seen both seasons of Hello My Twenties! that are on Netflix, I hunted down numerous episodes of Xman back when the five-man DBSK, the four-woman CSJH the Grace, and Shinhwa were regular guests, and I feel like there's one more kdrama the entirety of which I may or may not have seen, but damned if I can remember. I'm looking forward to the Lost Tomb project starring Zhu Yilong (did it undergo another name change?), Legend of Fei, and any project whatsoever featuring Xiao Zhan. Oh, which reminds me I should add Oh! My Emperor, filed under caveat: Dumb but Pretty. Which is fine, I'm not fooling myself about why I'm here, folks. If it's got a favorite in it, clever plots and characters are a bonus, not a requirement.

All right, time for me to go tackle some comments, and see if I can get some bookmark recs done, so I can return to meme. Later, gators.