Death and the Maiden (The Verlaines song) a version for the Flying Nun tribute album "Under the Influence - 21 Years of Flying Nun Records" in 2002. Boston band Prickly covered the song on their 1997 LP "Velleity." "You'll only end up like Rimbaud"<br>"Get shot by Verlaine, Verlaine, Verlaine, Verlaine..."<br> The lyrics above refer to Paul Verlaine, a 19th-century French poet. After going into a drunken rage, Verlaine shot his lover – fellow poet Arthur Rimbaud in July 1873. The Verlaines took their name from the French poet. "Shall we have our photo taken?"<br>"We'll look like Death and the Maiden"<br> This is a reference to a painting
Arnold "Poet" Jackson only accepted by Kenny Wangler and Junior Pierce. Poet is now referred to by his birth name of Arnold. Following the orders of Kenny Wangler, their attempt to murder Simon Adebisi is put on hold under orders from Mafia leader Antonio Nappa. Feeling guilty for wasting Said's efforts to have him paroled, a contrite Poet asks Said for permission to begin writing poetry again. Said gives Poet his blessing, but after Muslim Hamid Khan beats Poet's friend and fellow homeboy, Kenny Wangler, in boxing Poet publicly recites a sarcastic poem about Said's new relationship with a white woman. Because Said's