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Open Poetry #14

poem - ain't 1984 no more

PoemCrazy
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since 2000-11-30

Posts 159

0 posted 2001-06-13 03:21 AM

orwell got it wrong.
"big brother," not a problem.
small minds, a problem.

"secure?" what a joke.
if you don't know your neighbors,
then who do you know?

2dalimit
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since 2000-02-08

Posts 2228
Mississippi coast

1 posted 2001-06-13 08:31 AM

Good point.

Melton

JLR
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since 2001-02-04

Posts 1785

2 posted 2001-06-13 09:22 AM

Actually, I know my neighbors...and that is what scares me! Provoking write!

PoemCrazy
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since 2000-11-30

Posts 159

3 posted 2001-06-13 04:02 PM

Hi!

2dalimit: thanks!

JLR: do you ever have block parties?

the movie that sort of inspired this is
"Arlington Road" with Jeff Bridges...tom

brian madden
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since 2000-05-06

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ireland

4 posted 2001-06-14 02:16 PM

have to disagree, Orwell was right. Aren't we all afraid of what others might see, never know who might be watching. "Trust no one" has become the motto of our generation." enjoyed the read. Good movie and especially poignant given recent events.

"Build a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life". Terry Pratchett

Paula Finn
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since 2000-06-17

Posts 5546
missouri

5 posted 2001-06-14 02:21 PM

small mindedness is a problem...people judging by what they THINK they know of you...not necessarily what is true...

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