The Fine Game of Nil
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Nil. 20. They/him.

Hardly active on here, but here have some poetry...

Philip Larkin: This Be the Verse

They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another's throats.

Man hands on misery to man.
It deepends like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.

Friedrich Nietzsche: Ecce homo

Ja, ich weiß, woher ich stamme:
Ungesättigt gleich der Flamme
Glühe und verzehr ich mich.
Licht wird alles, was ich fasse,
Kohle alles, was ich lasse
- Flamme bin ich sicherlich.

Emily Dickinson: Because I could not stop for Death

Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.

We slowly drove – He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility –

We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess – in the Ring –
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –
We passed the Setting Sun –

Or rather – He passed us –
The Dews drew quivering and chill –
For only Gossamer, my Gown –
My Tippet – only Tulle –

We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground –
The Roof was scarcely visible –
The Cornice – in the Ground –

Since then – ‘tis Centuries – and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses’ Heads
Were toward Eternity –

Wilhelm Busch: Dilemma

Das glaube mir - so sagte er -,
Die Welt ist mir zuwider,
Und wenn die Grübelei nicht wär,
So schöß ich mich darnieder.

Was aber wird nach diesem Knall
Sich späterhin begeben?
Warum ist mir mein Todesfall
So eklig wie mein Leben?

Mir wäre doch, potzsapperlot,
Der ganze Spaß verdorben,
Wenn man am Ende gar nicht tot,
Nachdem, daß man gestorben.

Paul Verlaine: Il pleure dans mon coeur

Il pleure dans mon coeur
Comme il pleut sur la ville ;
Quelle est cette langueur
Qui pénètre mon coeur ?

Ô bruit doux de la pluie
Par terre et sur les toits !
Pour un coeur qui s'ennuie,
Ô le chant de la pluie !

Il pleure sans raison
Dans ce coeur qui s'écoeure.
Quoi ! nulle trahison ?...
Ce deuil est sans raison.

C'est bien la pire peine
De ne savoir pourquoi
Sans amour et sans haine
Mon coeur a tant de peine !

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, aus: Faust II. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil

Erst gewahrten wir vergnüglich
Wilden Wesens irren Lauf;
Unerwartet, unverzüglich
Trat ein neuer Kaiser auf,
Und auf den vorgeschrieb'nen Bahnen
Zieht die Menge durch die Flur;
Den entrollten Lügenfahnen
Folgen alle - Schafsnatur!

Charles Baudelaire: Horruer sympathique

De ce ciel bizarre et livide,
Tourmenté comme ton destin,
Quels pensers dans ton âme vide
Descendent? réponds, libertin.

— Insatiablement avide
De l'obscur et de l'incertain,
Je ne geindrai pas comme Ovide
Chassé du paradis latin.

Cieux déchirés comme des grèves
En vous se mire mon orgueil;
Vos vastes nuages en deuil

Sont les corbillards de mes rêves,
Et vos lueurs sont le reflet
De l'Enfer où mon coeur se plaît.

Gottfried Benn: Nur zwei Dinge

Durch so viele Formen geschritten,
durch Ich und Wir und Du,
doch alles blieb erlitten
durch die ewige Frage: wozu?

Das ist eine Kinderfrage.
Dir wurde erst spät bewußt,
es gibt nur eines: ertrage
- ob Sinn, ob Sucht, ob Sage -
dein fernbestimmtes: Du mußt.

Ob Rosen, ob Schnee, ob Meere,
was alles erblühte, verblich,
es gibt nur zwei Dinge: die Leere
und das gezeichnete Ich.

Eugen Roth: Seltsam genug

Ein Mensch erlebt den krassen Fall,
Es menschelt deutlich, überall -
Und trotzdem merkt man weit und breit
Oft nicht die Spur von Menschlichkeit.

Charles Baudelaire: Le vampire

Toi qui, comme un coup de couteau,
Dans mon coeur plaintif es entrée ;
Toi qui, forte comme un troupeau
De démons, vins, folle et parée,

De mon esprit humilié
Faire ton lit et ton domaine ;
- Infâme à qui je suis lié
Comme le forçat à la chaîne,

Comme au jeu le joueur têtu,
Comme à la bouteille l'ivrogne,
Comme aux vermines la charogne,
- Maudite, maudite sois-tu !

J'ai prié le glaive rapide
De conquérir ma liberté,
Et j'ai dit au poison perfide
De secourir ma lâcheté.

Hélas ! le poison et le glaive
M'ont pris en dédain et m'ont dit :
" Tu n'es pas digne qu'on t'enlève
A ton esclavage maudit,

Imbécile ! - de son empire
Si nos efforts te délivraient,
Tes baisers ressusciteraient
Le cadavre de ton vampire ! "

Erich Kästner: Kleiner Rat für Damokles

Schau prüfend deckenwärts!
Die Nähe des möglichen Schadens
liegt nicht in der Schärfe des Schwerts,
vielmehr in der Dünne des Fadens.

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And I'm Javert! by Argentine Rose reviews
There are so many different interpretations of Javert, what would happen if they all met? To be honest, you probably don't want to know . . . Javert himself certainly doesn't!
Les Miserables - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 7 - Words: 4,352 - Reviews: 32 - Favs: 13 - Follows: 11 - Updated: 12/19/2011 - Published: 1/2/2006 - Javert
Judge Turpin Discovers Internet Porn by Professor Cassandra reviews
You read the title, my friends. I assure you, this is every bit as insane as it sounds. Proceed at the risk of your own precious sanity.... Actually, you know what? Sanity is overrated. Just read it. You know you want to....
Sweeney Todd - Rated: T - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,794 - Reviews: 28 - Favs: 23 - Follows: 3 - Published: 3/28/2010 - Judge Turpin, Beadle B.
Wrong by LesMisLoony reviews
Sometimes Cosette can't tell where her nightmares end. Rated a little more strongly than necessary due to a bit of an alarming concept...
Les Miserables - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,470 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 7 - Published: 4/27/2009 - Cosette, Marius - Complete
Fanteeney Todd by LesMisLoony reviews
Fantine is alive, and has returned to Paris to seek Cosette. After beginning an odd partnership with a certain Inspector she swears she will avenge the late Madeleine by offing Thenardier and Montparnasse. Warnings for violence and a teensy bit of slash
Crossover - Les Miserables & Misc. Plays/Musicals - Rated: T - English - Parody/Drama - Chapters: 12 - Words: 19,448 - Reviews: 69 - Favs: 9 - Follows: 6 - Updated: 5/23/2008 - Published: 9/20/2007 - Fantine - Complete
a hart ful of luv! by LesMisLoony reviews
this is what le mizz should have happned!1! no flames plz lol thnks! omg i hat cossette eponine is so muhc better!
Les Miserables - Rated: K - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 530 - Reviews: 73 - Favs: 13 - Follows: 1 - Published: 10/12/2007 - Eponine, Marius - Complete
Of Escape by LesMisLoony reviews
Babet, Montparnasse, and a cat. Very short and almost pointless.
Les Miserables - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 532 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 4 - Published: 9/13/2007 - Montparnasse, Babet - Complete
I Can See by LesMisLoony reviews
A Gueulemer fic, because I did a search for him and NOTHING CAME UP. The unsung Hercules may not be a scholar, but he's more perceptive than the others think, and he knows a few little secrets...
Les Miserables - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 411 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 6 - Published: 8/22/2007 - Gueulemer
When the Alleycats Cry by lock shock and barrel reviews
Vignettes of a certain gamin's life.
Les Miserables - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 807 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 4 - Published: 7/20/2007 - Eponine - Complete
Snow Falls by lock shock and barrel reviews
[oneshot] A night of winter play is cut short by a brush with the shadows.
Les Miserables - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 457 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 4 - Published: 7/19/2007 - Eponine - Complete
No One Watches by lock shock and barrel reviews
[Sweeney Todd] Violence has become an integral part in every aspect of Todd's life.
Misc. Plays/Musicals - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 462 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 3 - Published: 6/16/2007 - Complete
Humor at its Lowest Form by lock shock and barrel reviews
This one sort of speaks for itself.
Les Miserables - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 489 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 4 - Published: 5/24/2007 - Complete
Brothers by lock shock and barrel reviews
Montparnasse and Gavroche spend some quality time together. [very pointless, I really just wanted to get away from my usual sadistic Monty]
Les Miserables - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,100 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 9 - Published: 2/17/2007 - Complete
Remise en Cause de Ma Santé d'esprit by lock shock and barrel reviews
[just pretend I didn't use babblefish and that the title translates to Questioning my Sanity] Drabble, pretty sadistic, no rhyme or reason at all. But what else do I write? [MontyxPonine]
Les Miserables - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 487 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 5 - Published: 2/2/2007 - Eponine - Complete
Exist by LesMisLoony reviews
Azelma is kind of insane. And Montparnasse might be too. I have no idea what this is supposed to be.
Les Miserables - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,757 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 5 - Follows: 1 - Published: 2/1/2007 - Azelma, Montparnasse - Complete
Ce Soir by lock shock and barrel reviews
[very slight EponinexMontparnasse] This fic is the lovechild of Panic! At the Disco and Paroxsymal Lupine staying up until like 5 in the morning. Revel in it. Yes, the title is lame. Deal.
Les Miserables - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 814 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 5 - Published: 1/23/2007 - Eponine - Complete
The Rain by lock shock and barrel reviews
[MontparnasseEponine]Spring is a wonderful time of year...
Les Miserables - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 691 - Reviews: 15 - Favs: 7 - Follows: 4 - Published: 11/19/2006 - Eponine - Complete
White Lilacs by lock shock and barrel reviews
[Oneshot] Gavroche mulls over things in life.
Les Miserables - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 407 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 1 - Published: 9/30/2006 - Complete
Scream by lock shock and barrel reviews
[Les Mis] Eponine returns home to her father's wrath...I take an already bad fate and make it morbid. That's just how I roll.
Misc. Plays/Musicals - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 476 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 2 - Published: 9/8/2006 - Complete
Javert Gets A Letter by Jessica R Vance reviews
Javert gets a letter.
Misc. Plays/Musicals - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,477 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 4 - Published: 9/6/2005