Shakespeare & Me & Hootie (Week 20)

Troilus and Cressida

Willy `•.

“Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back…
Wherein he puts alms for oblivion…”

Hootie ♭ ♮ ♯

“Time… why you punish me?”

Me `’.,°~

Tears run deep…
in dueling smile lines…

James 4:14 – “For what is your life?
It is even a vapor… that appeareth for a little time… and then vanisheth away.”

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Shakespeare & Me & Aretha (Week 19)

Sonnet 29

Willy `•.

“For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.”

Aretha ¡¡♪

“The moment I wake up
Before I put on my makeup
I say a little prayer for you.”

Me `’.,°~

Morning comes—

mute with love—

my heart
keens—

you.

Song of Solomon 6:3 (KJV)

“I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine.”

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Shakespeare & Me & System of a Down (Week 17)

— Hamlet

Willy 🎭

“What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason…
and yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?”

SOAD⚡

When you lose small mind, you free your life.

Me 🖤

unthink →
look up ↑ →
float .

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Shakespeare & Me & Gin Blossoms (Week 16)

Sonnet 30

Willy `•.

“When to the sessions of sweet silent thought…
I summon up remembrance of things past,
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought…”

Gin Blossoms >¡<

“My fear pretend… that I’ll never be in love again… It’s real to me.. but not like these fools… and not like this scene”

Me ’.,°~

i don’t break loud—
quiet knees down—
soundproof tears—
’til i meet ground.

until i fall away

Job 16:20 (KJV)

“My friends scorn me…
but mine eye poureth out tears unto God…”

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Shakespeare & Me & Florida Georgia Line (Week 14)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream…

Willy `•.

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing’d Cupid painted blind.”

FGL ¡¡`’.-

“my love is…
never gonna run dry, never gonna come up empty… now until the day I die,
unconditionally…
You know I’m always gonna be here for ya
No one’s ever gonna love you more than
God, your mama, and me…”

Me `’.,°~

Paint my heart to stay-
the pyro kind…
burning red and flame…

Song of Solomon 8:6–7

“Set me as a seal upon your heart…
for love is strong as death…
Many waters cannot quench love…
neither can floods drown it…”

Ecclesiastes 4:12

“A cord of three strands is not quickly broken…”

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Shakespeare & Me & Neil Young (Week 13)

Twelfth Night…

Willy `•.

“In delay there lies no plenty…
Then come kiss me… sweet and twenty…”

Neil “;-^

“You can’t be twenty on Sugar Mountain…
Though you’re thinking that you’re leaving there too soon…”

Me `’.,°~

Over my damp shoulder…
a lying doorway… to rooms that no longer exist…

…….😮→🏔️🍬→🎙️🎪→🎈🎈..→🚫2️⃣0️⃣→→🏔️🍬..→💭🚶‍♂️💨→⏳→’

The End…

Spend it…
You can’t keep it…
You can’t return to it…

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Shakespeare & Me & HSAS (Week 11)

Sonnet 97…

HSAS `i-/°

Girl, I’m not trying to hide…
I’ve been missing you — every day…

Willy`•.

How like a winter hath my absence been
From thee — the pleasure of the fleeting year!

Me `’.,°~

Without you… heaven’s like winter…
You’re not here… neither am I…

¹4³…~\_~—/—…—\_~’….( )—/—…..( )—o—’….—~—\__/—….—~—’ ….° ¡-~-¡• __Pyro <³’s x²

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Shakespeare & Me & Boyz II Men (Week 9)

Romeo and Juliet — Act II, Scene ii…

Willy `•.

“The more I give to thee,
The more I have,
for both are infinite…”

Boyz II Men –¡¡¡¡–

“Sunny days,
everybody loves them…
tell me…
Can you stand the rain?”

Me `’.,°~

“You are forever…
molten silver…
weathered in my heart…”

…….?→<3→////→⛈?’

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Shakespeare & Me & Disturbed (Week 8)

The Two Gentlemen of Verona…

Willy `•.

“I am aweary of this world…”

Me ‘`.°/<

“Winded is the sail…
Bloodied is the nail…”

Disturbed `.’-^,

“Because a vision softly creeping…
Left its seeds while I was sleeping…

And the vision that was planted in my brain…
Still remains…
Within the sound of silence…

Hear my words that I might teach you…
Take my arms that I might reach you…”

Holy Silence… 🔕 🤫

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