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Well that was April

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I. The Burial of the Dead

April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
Winter kept us warm, covering
Earth in forgetful snow, feeding
A little life with dried tubers.
Summer surprised us, coming over the Starnbergersee
With a shower of rain; we stopped in the colonnade,
And went on in sunlight, into the Hofgarten,
And drank coffee, and talked for an hour ...

More: The Waste Land: By T. S. Eliot

 

 

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if you put TS Eliot’s The Wasteland into alphabetical order it looks like this
(And (Another (at (Come (She’s (Those . A a abolie about Above above addresses. aethereal affina After again again! again, againe. against age agent’s ago; agony ahead air Albert Albert, Albert’s Alexandria alive, all alley allows alone, along already, also always am am, among Amongst amongst an And and another antique antique. April arch-duke’s, are arid arms army arrives, As as ascended ashamed, Asked asked assaults assurance At at Athens aus automatic awaited aware awful baby back back, bad bad. bank bank. bar barbarous barges bats be bear bears beat Beating beating beats, beauty bed) bed; bed? been before begun behind Belladonna, bells bells, belly below beneficent Beside beside Bestows between Bill. Bin bit black blackened blank, blast blind, blood bloom boat bodies bold bones bones, bones. bore bored both bottles, boxes, Bradford brain branches breakfast, breasts, breeding Bridge Bridge, bright bring Bringing brings brisk broken broken: brother’s brown brush, Burial Burned Burning burning burnished bursts But but By by C.i.f. called calm, came camisoles, can canal candelabra candle-flames, Cannon cannot canoe.” can’t can’t. car carbuncular, card, cardboard cards. careful caresses carious Carried carries Carthage carvéd cases cast ceiling. ces Chair change chantant chapel chapel, chatter che chelidon—O chemist Chess chess, children, children? choose chuckle cicada cigarette cisterns City city City, city, clairvoyante, clatter clears clerk, closed clouds Clutch clutch, Co co cock coffee, coffered cold cold, colonnade, coloured combinations coming comment. confirms confused connect Consider controlling copper Coriolanus corpse could count, coupole! cousin’s, covering cracked Cracks crawled crept cricket cried, Crosses crouched, crowd crowds cruellest cry crying crying: Cupidon currants current DA damp Damyata. Damyata: dans daring das Datta. Datta: daughter dawn, Dayadhvam. Dayadhvam: days. Dead dead dead, dead.) dear Death death decayed decided, deep defence; demobbed, demotic departed Departed, departed. Der der desert desire, desk, deutsch. did, didn’t died different dig dinner, directors; dirty displayed distant distant, disturbed divan Do do do?” documents Dog Dogs. doing?” dolphin done done: don’t door door. doors Doubled Down down down, downward Dragging drank draped drew dried drift Drifting drink Drip drip drop drowned Dry dry drying du? dugs Dull dull dust. dusty dying d’Aquitaine d’enfants, each ear ear. ears. Earth earth echt either elegant Elizabeth empty Enacted enclosed. encounter end Endeavours ended, endless ends engage engine Entering Equitone, Et Eugenides, Europe, even evening event ever exhaled, exhausted existed expect expected expert Exploring eyes eyes. EZRA FABBRO face, faces failed, faint Falling falling famous far father’s fattening Fear fear fed feeding feel feet feet. fell female fiam fiddled fiery Filled final find finding fingernails fingers Fire firelight, first fishing Fishing, fishmen fit five fixed flames flash flat floor Flowed flowed Flung Flushed foco fog Followed folly food fool, foot Footsteps FOR for forbidden forced; forc’d. foresuffered foretold forgetful Forgot formed forms fortnight found four four. fragments framed free. French freshened friend friend, friends, frightened. Frisch From from frost frosty fruited frère!” full full, Gaily, Game game gammon, Ganga gar garden, gardens garret, gashouse Gathered gave Gentile George.) get gilded girl.” give given? gives glad glass glass, gli Gliding glitter Glowed go gold gold. golden Good good Goonight Goonight. got gramophone. grass graves, green Greenwich gropes ground grow guess, guesses, guest. gulls, gust Had had hair half-formed hand hand, handful handkerchiefs, hands hands. handsome Hanged Hardly harm has hat have He he He, head head?” heap hear heard heart heavy Heimat heirs Held help hence, Her her Here here Here, hermit-thrush He’ll he’ll He’s hid Hieronymo’s high Highbury hill him, him. Himavant. His his Hofgarten, hold hole home home, home. Homeward, hooded hordes horizon horns horoscope hot Hotel hot— hour hour, hour. hours house houses Huge human humble humped HURRY husband hushing Hyacinth hyacinth hyacinths hypocrite I I, I. If if II. III. IL Ile images, In in in, indifference. Inexplicable infrequent, intelligent into inviolable invited, Ionian Irisch Is is is, Isle It it it, ITS its It’s it’s IV. ivory I’ll I’m I’ve Jerusalem Jew jewels Jug jug Jug” jungle keep keine kept Kew key key, Kind, King king kiss, knees knew knew, knock know known la lack ladies, Lady lady lamentation land, lands laquearia, last late, lays Le leaf lean Leaned leaning, least leave leaves lecteur!—mon leer leeward, left leia leialala Leicester Leman lidless lie life light light, lightning. lights Like like Lil, Lilacs Lil’s limp liquid—troubled, Litauen, little lives, Living living logs loitering London London: long long. look Look!) look. Looking looks Lord loss. lost Lou. loud lounge lovely lover; low Lower lowest luncheon lurked mad

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Putting those extra lockdown hours of free time to good use Paul.

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It reads like the ADM

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BC Welfare Rights - 30 April 2020 01:07 PM

It reads like the ADM

😂 😂 😂

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You left out wasteland, Paul

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[ Edited: 30 Apr 2020 at 02:27 pm by BC Welfare Rights ]
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Schoolboy error.
Although tbf I don’t think that it appears in the text

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It doesn’t