conno(r)tations 30 death

and
death
shall
be
his
dominion*

* Apologies to Dylan Thomas.

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Image from the 13th issue of the comic book After the Fall, Connor mourns a dying Angel.

conno(r)tations 29 sabotage

an expert

in self-sabotage

he would

eschew

each day
anew

the silver lining

for the cloud

conno(r)tations 28 collateral

 his

 collateral damage – 

................................ the end of the world

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conno(r)tations 27 retribution

his task

his mission

the distribution

of retribution

For more on Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), see Opinion8: Career-defining Roles.

For more on Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald in Angel), see

Christian Kane – Covered in Glory and Opinion8: Songs about School.

conno(r)tations 26 nemesis

your gethsemane
cross

and calvary

all rolled into one

your mortal enemy

your arch nemesis

your son

For more on Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), see Opinion8: Career-defining Roles.

For more on Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald in Angel), see

Christian Kane – Covered in Glory and Opinion8: Songs about School.

conno(r)tations 25 combustible

his glare

is corrosive

it eats you like

setting light to celluloid

you're suddenly as combustible

as nitrate film stock

he burns a hole through

the middle of your mise-en-scene, serenely

incinerates the cine-film

of your life*

For more on Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), see Opinion8: Career-defining Roles.

For more on Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald in Angel), see

Christian Kane – Covered in Glory and Opinion8: Songs about School.

*Apologies to science.

conno(r)tations 24 becalmed

'calm' and 'calmed'

harbour
no harbinger

no portent

but 'becalmed'

invests

every sea

with disquiet

is a prelude
to a storm

For more on Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), see Opinion8: Career-defining Roles.

For more on Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald in Angel), see

Christian Kane – Covered in Glory and Opinion8: Songs about School.

conno(r)tations 23 bitter

a sandwich

of bitter

buttered with fury,
served with a side

of disdain
and seasoned
with a generous
dash of

discontent

For more on Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), see Opinion8: Career-defining Roles.

For more on Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald in Angel), see

Christian Kane – Covered in Glory and Opinion8: Songs about School.

conno(r)tations 22 tenderness

 on a track

to vindication
took a siding
to despair

has never known

a trace of tenderness

and now

the tiniest vestige

far too late

would totally derail him

For more on Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), see Opinion8: Career-defining Roles.

For more on Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald in Angel), see

Christian Kane – Covered in Glory and Opinion8: Songs about School.

conno(r)tations 21 incensed

he –

intent

intense

incensed

you –

insensate

in the space

of a second

For more on Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), see Opinion8: Career-defining Roles.

For more on Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald in Angel), see

Christian Kane – Covered in Glory and Opinion8: Songs about School.

conno(r)tations 20 hell

you know what they say:

'you can take the boy

out of the hell dimension ...'

For more on Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), see Opinion8: Career-defining Roles.

For more on Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald in Angel), see

Christian Kane – Covered in Glory and Opinion8: Songs about School.

conno(r)tations 19 contempt

his contempt

as always

consummate

For more on Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), see Opinion8: Career-defining Roles.

For more on Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald in Angel), see

Christian Kane – Covered in Glory and Opinion8: Songs about School.

conno(r)tations 18 conductor

you can ground him

but he can never be earthed

For more on Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), see Opinion8: Career-defining Roles.

For more on Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald in Angel), see

Christian Kane – Covered in Glory and Opinion8: Songs about School.

conno(r)tations 17 die

was not in school

for live and let live

failed to attend

live and let die

but learnt by other means

extracurricular

a mantra

more extreme

to him particular

die and let die

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conno(r)tations 16 chaos

brings a different meaning

to the term

organised chaos


or 'here's one i prepared earlier'

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conno(r)tations 15 pretty

can conjure

a maelstrom of

malevolence

but nevertheless

is never less

than

preternaturally

pretty



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conno(r)tation 14 sky

skies darken to squid ink

thunderheads roll in like

a time-lapse effect

in a documentary




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conno(r)tatio 13 smile

smiles that apocalyptic smile

…

your senses scream

take cover

he turns away

it curdles on his lips

and everything turns sour

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conno(r)tati 12 aftermath

 

never realised before

that a person

could have

an aftermath

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conno(r)tat 11 elsewhere

he is something else

utterly alien and

utterly alienated

he comes from somewhere else

entirely

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conno(r)ta 10 strangler

a strangler fig

wringing the life out of

everything he touches

wrestling all into submission

twisted, unravellable

choking

in his fierce

boa constrictor

embrace

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conno(r)t 9 alchemy

past master

practises

some arcane art

of reverse alchemy

turning all that is gold

into base metal

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conno(r) 8 blight

one look could

blight

a planet

a sideways glance

could wither crops

cue the next ice age

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conno(r 7 storm

he is the storm ...

and the eye ...

of the storm ...

and the calm ...

at the eye ...

of the storm

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conno( 6 cold

comes with his own

windchill factor

the mercury drops

when he enters the room

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conno 5 desert

his heart

............. is the desert

only prickly things

............................. thrive there

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conn 4 wrath

rage distilled

and rarefied

into something biblical

into WRATH

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con 3 undertow

we all become
warped when

caught

in the powerful

undertow

of his scowl

we flounder

go under

and drown

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co 2 bite

he

bites the hand

that feeds him ...

off

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c 1 darkness

    connor is …

    the darkness

    on the edge

    of town

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