homage to a southern goddess ---------------------------- dang, you are the finest little filly I have seen in darn near a coon's age you are deserving of showers of diamonds like shooting stars in the sultry summer darkness the gentle fingers of a cool breeze like slow infiltration through the veins of a mint julep on a lazy wooden swing served by a bevy of buff oiled men fanning you with immense palm fronds while groveling to find a kneehold firm enough to pay adequate homage