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Meter didn't rhyme, rhyme did meter. Rhyme rhymed, meter didn't. There's a riddle in there somewhere.
If her meter starts tripping the moment you meet her, your meter won't matter, nor will your rhyme.
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A gaffer sets the lighting
To make the scene exciting
For lead and mate
To consummate
Their love in full moonlighting.
AWAD word today is "gaffer"
"The head of the electrical department responsible for the lighting setup on a movie or television set." [per Anu]
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There once was a movie set staffer Whose resumé no one sought after. When he worked with the lights, 'Twas a horrible sight - Shattered bulbs, broken glass - he's a gaffer.
I'm using the word gaffer to mean both the guy in charge of lights on a set, and also "one who gaffs", per the following definition:
gaffe also gaff, n:
1. A clumsy social error; a faux pas: “The excursion had in his eyes been a monstrous gaffe, a breach of sensibility and good taste” (Mary McCarthy).
2. A blatant mistake or misjudgment.
(dictionary.com)
So I took the liberty to create a secondary meaning of "gaffer", namely "one who makes blatant mistakes or misjudgments". 
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Gaffe/gaffer. A thing of beauty, AniamL.
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Thank you, sir. It seems that all the Vergil reading over the last few years has instilled (or installed? interesting they should be synonyms) a sense of meter in me - I encourage anyone who studies Latin to read at least the first few books of the Aeneid. It's great fun. 
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I encourage anyone who studies Latin to read at least the first few books of the Aeneid. It's great fun.O Muse! the causes and the crimes relate;
What goddess was provok'd, and whence her hate;
For what offense the Queen of Heav'n began
To persecute so brave, so just a man;
Involv'd his anxious life in endless cares,
Expos'd to wants, and hurried into wars!The Aeneid, by Virgil [Vergil to those who read Latin], Written 19 B.C.E Translated by John Dryden from Book I For more samples: http://classics.mit.edu/Virgil/aeneid.1.i.html Thanks for the recommendation. It's fun even in translation. Which makes me wonder: How faithful is the translation to the original? And, if the translation is as meritorious as this one obviously is, what credit does the translator receive for his/her labors? Some people think that Edward Fitzgerald eclipsed Omar in his translation of the "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam". I can't offer an opinion on either question as I can't read either Latin or Arabic. [Wish I could. Admire those who do.] http://www.okonlife.com/
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I have to confess, I am curious about tomorrow's essential person working on a movie set.
We've had "grip", and "gaffer", could it be "best boy"?*
Every movie set has a best boy
Who the gaffer will quickly deploy
To light the stage
Or discreetly engage
The siren as her boy toy.
P.S. Even if "best boy" isn't the word tomorrow, it gives me another shot at "gaffer" today. :)
Or, could it be the "cinematographer", I wonder?
The "cinematographer" is certainly the deserving subject of an AWAD -- and also of an ALAD:
A movie’s cinematographer
Is the story’s videobiographer.
He creates each scene
To fill the screen
To become a cinemaOscarographer.
* Yep. The AWAD for Day 3 is best boy:
best boy (best boi) noun
The first assistant to the gaffer (head electrician) of a film crew. [Apparently borrowed from the sailing terminology.] per Anu
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I'm creating a new post in recognition of the most essential furniture involved in movie-making.
Essential to the rise of a star
If she really wants to go far
Is the casting couch
Where the producer will vouch
Her performance deserves an Oscar.
The "casting couch" will never be honored with an AWAD, but it will always play a seminal role behind the scenes.
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This stage is Blacked-Out for Casting Interviews.
Regular auditions will resume tomorrow -- if the part isn't filled tonite. ;)
Actually, this post was the result of a glitch [same post repeated 2x in error]. Hmm. Perhaps white-out would be better than "Black-out". :)
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OK, let's lighten things up a little bit with a new soundtrack. :)
When you need a sound that sounds real
To add "Varrump" to the reel
You call for a foley
And "Gosh! Holy Moley!"
It's a sound that sounds surreel!
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