"... the Osbourne Brothers' bluegrass classic, 'Rocky Top' [says] in two lines what poets and writers 'Anna Karenina' themselves to death to convey, about a girl who's 'wild as a mink, but sweet as soda pop/I still dream about that.'" -- Singer-Songwriter Neko Case.
And that is the kindest, cleverest way I have ever been reminded to cut down on the purple prose a tad.
"Anna Karenina Themselves To Death"
Monday, April 30, 2012 § 2
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Trimming the fat is never easy, but we gots to.
@Milo - too right! (... she sighed, deleting another paragraph.)