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Nov 23, 2009 13:05

A friend of mine has just introduced me to the wonderful Greek poet Constantin Cavafy, who spent most of his life in Alexandria.

AND I FOUND THIS:

On Board Ship (1915)

It's like him, of course,
this little pencil portrait.

Hurriedly sketched, on the ship's deck,
the afternoon magical,
the Ionian Sea around us.

It's like him. But I remember ( Read more... )

constantin cavafy, poetry, fangirl insanity, horatio hornblower

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brewsternorth November 23 2009, 14:52:38 UTC
Um, your two other links go to the same page...

But yes, it's almost as if old Constantine had spotted a fanart of Black Hound's and read the famous blowjob-inna-draper's fic.

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thehappyreturn November 23 2009, 17:10:36 UTC
...fixed, thanks.

And if you read the other one it's like he invented h/c. :D

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brewsternorth November 23 2009, 17:40:32 UTC
Totally XD. (But is it HH/WB h/c or AC/WB h/c?)

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thehappyreturn November 23 2009, 21:23:34 UTC
Oh, oh, HH/WB, always. Not so for others, probably, but for me... :)

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black_hound November 23 2009, 19:09:42 UTC
O.O !!!!!!!!!

Are you sure this guy wasn't an HH/WB Fangirl???!!!

SHIT. Couldn't be more perfect. Really couldn't.

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thehappyreturn November 23 2009, 21:25:24 UTC
Are you sure this guy wasn't an HH/WB Fangirl???!!!

I consider it compelling evidence for time travel.

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