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[qzeebrella]

Title: Thundering Hooves
Fandom: Boston Legal
Category: friendship/slash, what is the difference?
Rating: G
Pairing: Deny/Alan
Type of fic: Poem
Disclaimer: The show and its characters belong to others. No profit is being made from this story and no infringement is intended.



Summary: The mad cow has arrived
Author's notes: inspired by a scene in Boston Legal where Deny is told that he has now entered a new stage of “mad cow”.
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I heard the thundering hooves in the distance
And I ignored the sound
For it was far away and barely heard
It wasn’t worth paying attention to
For all lawyers were slightly mad
And I have always been eccentric
So I could ignore the mad cow
I could ignore the thundering heard
I could ignore the signs of forgetfulness
The signs that the madness was getting out of control
For the thundering hooves were in the distance

But no matter how hard I ignored them
They drew closer and closer and closer
And not even Alan could keep them away
Suddenly they were here mooing in my face
The mad cow taunting me and my every moment
Slobbering all over me
Overwhelming me and a part of me is afraid
But Alan is here with me
And with him I am not as scared
Even with the mad cow right here
Right in my face now and not far away

But I know the mad cow is merciless
That the mad cow does not rest
And that I will eventually become it
Eventually lose all of myself to it
There will come a day when Alan is there beside me
And I do not take comfort in his presence
Because I have forgotten him
There will come a day when Alan is there beside me
And I do not notice his presence
Because I have forgotten me

I wish I had run faster
That I had been able to outmanoeuvre the mad cow
The way I outmanoeuvred the court
That I had managed to elude the thundering hooves
That I had managed to outwit the mad cow
That I never had to worry about forgetting
Forgetting
What is it I don’t want to forget again?
I can’t remember
The mad cow has taken it away.

Comments

[watergal.livejournal.com]

*notes timestamp* Wow! You're fast!

For all lawyers were slightly mad
And I have always been eccentric

I love the poetic extension and animism of the mad cow euphemism in the second verse, and I love the pathetic repetition in the second half of the third. So poignant.

Oh yes, and the title too: it's perfect!

Magnificent work again, qzee. I remain in awe.

[qzee.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it, though if I write more BL fic/poems I shall need to find BL icons. I wrote it just after seeing the scene where the doctor tells Denny and Alan that he's passed from the precursor stage to the fourth stage. Saying something like, "before this you were in the warning stage, now it's here."

Deny's expression in that moment, Alan's expression, the way they looked at each other, even just the fact that Alan was there in that moment gave me no choice but to write a snippet of what may have passed through Deny's mind then.

Also, I've missed a few episodes, is Shirley getting married or is Deny misremembering?

[watergal.livejournal.com]

In the Thanksgiving ep (5x10?) there was a really cool proposal scene where Shirley agreed to marry Carl. Denny (and Alan) were the ones who actually proposed, and Denny volunteered to give her away. ( Shirley didn't actually agree to that part, but...)It was...complicated...and by far the best part of the ep.

So yes, it seems that it's on.

There is a fairly well stocked icon comm, so write on!

[jrosemary.livejournal.com]

Qzee, another beautiful poem! I'm still pretty knew to Boston Legal, but I just love how you handle Denny's illness:

~
There will come a day when Alan is there beside me
And I do not take comfort in his presence
Because I have forgotten him
There will come a day when Alan is there beside me
And I do not notice his presence
Because I have forgotten me
~

I think you captured Denny's fears (realistic fears, unfortunately) perfectly. I haven't known these two characters for long, but even I can't stand the thought of Denny forgetting who Alan is!

Great job.

~Rose

P.S. I got an LJ account in addition to my Blogspot--I wanted to join some communities =P

[qzee.livejournal.com]

well, I just added you onto my friend's list so you can now read all the boringthrilling details about my life that I post onto my lj.

Thank you for letting me know you enjoyed the poem.