conno(r)tations 30 death

and
death
shall
be
his
dominion*

* Apologies to Dylan Thomas.

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Image from the 13th issue of the comic book After the Fall, Connor mourns a dying Angel.

conno(r)tations 29 sabotage

an expert

in self-sabotage

he would

eschew

each day
anew

the silver lining

for the cloud

conno(r)tations 28 collateral

 his

 collateral damage – 

................................ the end of the world

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conno(r)tations 27 retribution

his task

his mission

the distribution

of retribution

For more on Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), see Opinion8: Career-defining Roles.

For more on Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald in Angel), see

Christian Kane – Covered in Glory and Opinion8: Songs about School.

conno(r)tations 26 nemesis

your gethsemane
cross

and calvary

all rolled into one

your mortal enemy

your arch nemesis

your son

For more on Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), see Opinion8: Career-defining Roles.

For more on Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald in Angel), see

Christian Kane – Covered in Glory and Opinion8: Songs about School.

conno(r)tations 25 combustible

his glare

is corrosive

it eats you like

setting light to celluloid

you're suddenly as combustible

as nitrate film stock

he burns a hole through

the middle of your mise-en-scene, serenely

incinerates the cine-film

of your life*

For more on Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), see Opinion8: Career-defining Roles.

For more on Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald in Angel), see

Christian Kane – Covered in Glory and Opinion8: Songs about School.

*Apologies to science.

conno(r)tations 24 becalmed

'calm' and 'calmed'

harbour
no harbinger

no portent

but 'becalmed'

invests

every sea

with disquiet

is a prelude
to a storm

For more on Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), see Opinion8: Career-defining Roles.

For more on Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald in Angel), see

Christian Kane – Covered in Glory and Opinion8: Songs about School.