Is the Moon Tired?

Is the moon tired? She looks so pale
Within her misty veil;
She scales the sky from east to west,
And takes no rest.

Before the coming of the night
The moon shows papery white;
Before the dawning of the day,
She fades away.

Christina Rosetti


Finished typing at 12.52AM

Woke up feeling thirsty
After downing H20
Went for a P:)
Then checked on mGf the moon
None too soon, none too soon
He appears to be down
I'm afarid I see a frown:(
He like me can also get tired
I'd better scoot lest Da Moon's fired

Challengia topped up at 1.00am
to Lad' (and Others) who asked about Man Booker
Now why did Christina Rossetti refer to Da Moon
as "she" and not as a Man like Desi?


PLEASE ignore those US timelines heading the EstemedReaders comments, these people are not moonies, they are sunnies, so they refused to follow Desi's gr8 Malaysian times. It's okay, we enjoy the romance By the light of the silvery mOOn.

At 12:34 PM, Sabrina Tan said...
is it bcos she's a female writer? and all things beautiful are associated with the femme species:

the earth (she)
the ship (she)

wild guess..;)
have a great day!



At 5:54 PM, Yan said...

I know many women will not be happy with my reasoning -

Because the moon changes often,
like a fickle woman?

Just for fun for a beautiful Wednesday.

Yan

DESIDERATA need to mAke peAce (yesterday I told thee Desi is a loyal supporter of Pak Lah, remember?) with Readers whose answers though CONvincing and well RAT-ionalised, did not fit into Desi's Den of Rats and Mice in previous challenges. But through constant practice, the IQs of many mGf minda have risen to incredible heights, heading moon-wards (TRUE!) git...). So here's some humour to humour thee, on a hot bloody afternoon when this Sun usurped the trone from Moon which Yan insists is a She-ila I concede, or isit accede, watever! (BTW, Is this Sunny a He or a She, or 'omethin'-in-between, mGf -- another Challengia?):

"***A harried Mum had been feeding the three young ones with her balanced meal of fish-&-chips for a week, and the children were getting bored.
They started to whine. Their mother began to unwind.
“Kids, look here, you have got MEAT the fish, and you have got VEGE, the chips – what more would you ask for?”
“Mum, e can take the meat for a weak, but the same old chips make us weak and weep,” the eldest boy whined.
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*
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That evening the children came back from school, and Mum with a broad smile:) took the warmed-up dinner from the warmer, of course, can’t be the cooler, for the YoungOnes like it hot and yummylicious (Thanks, Primrose, for using thy word.)

“I swear by it, it’s yummy & delicious,” The s-miling Mum said.

“Okay dorks, today I’ve two MEATS for you, my darlin’s. Have a nice dinner, to stop tyhy whining -- Fish&Chicks,” as she smilingly :):):) lay three resplendent dishes of fliedFish&goldnern Chicks in front of the three young ‘uns:(:(:(.

“No!” roared the children. “Not fish and chi..s!”


NOTE: The above was cooked up from an original joke from Howdy’s zoo where a zookeeper served Finch&Chimps to the whining roaring Lion, which ended thus:


"No!" roars the lion. "Not finch and chimps again!" ****"

FOOTNOTE: DESIDERATA in all his Sunny Wisdom shall give Da Answer to the mOOy code when OUR TIRED fRiend Mr/Miss/mr+miss MooN appears again tight, maybe 8.00PM? Meanwhile, other moony types want to answer the 12.55AM and 11.19AM Challengia?
ENJOY! (se&en times, because that's sum of mGf and I's fave number! Is this grandma-tIckli'hly correct English?)

UPDATED@Msian time: 11.19AM