NaPoWriMo #14: A poem about two people who start out as enemies and become lovers
Change of Heart
In preschool you were horrid,
smashing sand into my face.
In second grade, you tripped me
in the big three-legged race.
In middle school, you mocked me
when I lost the spelling bee
and acted like you'd vomit
when you came in sight of me.
Our senior year, you saved me
when my date left me at prom.
You drove me home and helped me
to explain it to my mom.
Our freshman year of college,
we were partners in that class.
Without your help in chemistry
I never would have passed.
When Dad was in that car crash
you stayed with me while I cried.
I wanted to be with him
but I had no other ride.
You ditched all of your classes
and you took me 'cross the state.
The tacos we got afterward
were kind of our first date.
We fought at graduation
and agreed that we were through.
Then for the next two years I
thought I was well rid of you.
When in town for Joe's wedding,
I was far beyond surprised
when you found me in private
and at last apologized.
We kept in constant contact
through our emails, texts, and calls
Before long it was like we'd
never been apart at all.
I've found that I can trust you
and share with you everything
yet I didn't expect you
to show up here with a ring.
When looking at the past we've
shared, we had a rocky start,
but proofs of your good nature
gave you place within my heart.
I've seen you at your worst and
also seen you at your best,
so with how well I know you
I just have to answer
Yes.
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Jungkook is all grown up ~ Min Yoongi, June 13, 2022
So, I guess we’ve all had a chance to restart our hearts and get our big girl undergarments changed after seeing this:
Is this the “climax” of what Kookie has been working on since early February? He's had an agenda all this time?
Jungkook has been trying to break out of this BABY star candy, golden BABY, BABY highness, giant BABY villain bubble he’s been in forever. I feel called out, JK. Let’s not kid ourselves though. He’s been grown up for a few years now.
JK biases/stans have always been horny over him and see him as his My Time performance sex god. It took me a while to view Kookie in that light. The muscles, the boxing, the tattoos, the piercings do not tickle that "sensation" in me as easily as it does for the JK biases. I'm resistant to his "charms."
I do love him but Jimin is the one who makes me think and feel things I won’t detail here. As I said to my bestie the other day: "I don't know why I feel that way about that skinny little thing." Seriously, the idea of a bias is so interesting though isn't it? So, just saying, the following is my point of view as I think out loud....
When I first saw this image:
… for a split second my brain registered "Jimin" and then went "huh?"…. hmmmmm. Of course it also went, wow, naked. Also I thought, let's get it JK... bring it.
And then upon seeing the rest of the images and his behind the scenes video I had to sit with it and think about it... the other similarities in the other images: the spikes, the grainy photo effect... very intriguing. They (Jimin and Jungkook) really do play off each other don't they?
As I'm processing all of this, I think about what I know:
They have a team of stylists. They have a team for content. They have teams for each member. They have staff. It's the "big machine" that Namjoon mentioned once. And the big machine all work in tandem.
What I’m assuming:
The teams may work on all or some of the members. For instance some people on the style team may work on Jimin and Jungkook but not on RM’s team. We don't know though. Might be one team who works on every single one of them and individuals are just delegated to doing the tasks.
More specifically, and also for example… I know Bit and Boot (the hair stylists) travels with them overseas. So I am going to assume the Bit n Boot team consists of a point person and several others who style their hair. Or maybe they are one and the same person. Or maybe several stylists. I don’t know. I'm assuming more than one because when they are overseas they need others to tend to the other members needs elsewhere.
I know the wardrobe team in the past has explained they get samples from clothing companies or design houses and they catalog them for future use. They meet with the members (at the time I saw this information the solo era had not begun yet) and determine what sort of look or concept will suit a particular theme. This is a very creative process in my opinion. And this one particularly would be involved in the members' solo concepts because other than the actual set surrounding the subject, its the clothing that conveys the vibe and theme.
So all that being said… seeing JK’s images very similar to Jimin’s is so interesting to me. I feel 99% sure it was not a coincidence nor was it incompetence or the ridiculous claim of “plagiarism.” I saw JK's smile when he saw Jimin commenting during his lives. I saw it when he was watching Jimin on tv. I saw him say wait until midnight when something amazing is coming (SMF MV) so don't try to tell me now that he's undermining Jimin's work.
There’s something else going on here that we don’t know what the goal is yet but copying Jimin is not it. JK is conveying his concept. I am a big proponent of the members making the choices and decisions for their solo work. I am 99% sure this was done intentionally. But why?
HOWEVER. THAT BEING SAID. I recall how much Kookie has been watching Jimin over the years. At least ten years now. And I feel strongly that Jimin has influenced JK tremendously. I feel like JK has learned how to be empathic and he’s learned about work ethic (though putting that into motion for him looks much different than it does for Jimin). And if Kookie thinks Jimin is sexy when he does [insert whatever it is Jimin does that turns Kookie on] then he might try to emulate that? Remember, I'm just thinking out loud here.
Or are they really just flipping us the bird and doing what they know turns each other on? That would be a fabulous joke on us. I would love it, to be honest. Jungkook has been vocal in the past whenever Jimin has shown his sexy side and he's been pretty obviously obsessed with him in his lives lately too.
Anyway...
We may never know, it might be a mystery forever why the image concepts are so similar. We can make up all the theories we want (and we do) and make assumptions and “put two and two together” reading between the lines, but knowing exactly what was going through their heads is something we’ll never know unless they tell us.
Is there something in the near future that this is all leading to? I guess we have to wait and see… (don’t you hate it when someone says that?)
Maybe it will be for the long awaited Jikook collab? I had a video concept that I sketched out roughly for my bestie yesterday but now I'm going to elaborate on it: JKxJM collab, the MV opens with Jimin stepping out of his Like Crazy MV set with the mud splattered pants and JK stepping out of his Seven MV set in his oversized outfit and they start taking off their clothes but underneath each layer are their "look alike" clothes and there is layer upon layer they have to take off and its comical because there are so many couple outfits they've worn over the years, until finally they get down to the white tank tops and boxer shorts and then they break it down in the mother of all dance breaks that will break the internet and slough off the dead meat of the fandom and then when the song is over, they walk off the set arms over each other in a giggling fit.
Why hasn't BigHit hired me yet? My brain is full of these uniquely creative ideas that will never see the light of day.
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Seven children (nursery rhyme )
A typical Japanese nursery rhyme. Depicts the hated crow's love for children. It speaks of tender love. Seven is a miracle number, a number that speaks of wonder. By the way, in the East, including Japan, it is said that a three-legged crow called "Yatagarasu(八咫烏)" lives in the sun.
♪Why do crows cry
Because the crow has seven cute kids on the mountain
Cute, cute, the crows cry
they cry cute
Try going to the old nest in the mountains
Good kids with round eyes
七つの子(童謡)
日本の代表的な童謡。嫌われ者のカラスの、子供たちへの愛情を描く。細やかな愛情が語られる。7というのは、ミラクル・ナンバーで、不思議を語る数である。ちなみに、日本を含む東洋では、「八咫烏(Yatagarasu)」という、3本足のカラスが太陽に住むと言われる。
♪カラスなぜ鳴くの
カラスは山に可愛い七つの子があるからよ
可愛い可愛いとカラスは鳴くの
可愛い可愛いと鳴くんだよ
山の古巣に行ってみてごらん
丸い目をしたいい子だよ
(2023.04.14)
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On his First Sight of Clorinda
Ah! what sorcery is this?
Light and shade conspire,
In an instant, to dismiss
Conceptions held just prior:
Instead of loose unbutton’d plaid,
A silken robe dissembles;
Snow-curl’d, sunflowered, stocking-clad—
Entirely chang’d! One trembles.
Like that Greek hunter in the tale,
Entranced at Dian’s spring,
Now I go red, and then go pale,
Athrill as a pluck’d string.
How marvellous well the change is wrought—
Until the curtain falls,
Recall in vain the lad you sought
To find within these halls.
Alchemy, thy name is gender-
Deign thy power to surrender.
O, what wonders! o, what splendor!
—o, what heady, stunning splendor!
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