Poetry geekout moment

[krait]

Some incredible anonymous author has rewritten Toto's "Africa" as a sonnet!

My sonnet-loving self is incredibly happy about this. ♥

Comments

[luthien]

Heh. Love it. I also love this version of it, as Hemingway might have written it: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/totos-africa-by-ernest-hemingway

[krait]

His head spun from whiskey and soda. She was a damned nice woman. It would take a lot to drag him away from her. It was unlikely that a hundred men or more could ever do such a thing. The air, now thick and moist, seemed to carry rain again. He blessed the rains of Africa. They were the only thing left to bless in this forsaken place, he thought—at least until she set foot on the continent. They were going to take some time to do the things they never had.

Ahahahahaha, this is like PEAK Hemingway! I'm dead.