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icebox
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0 posted 2003-08-14 11:15 PM



Well,
the lights are out again.
I guess it has been quite a while.
I have power,
that's a quirk of switches,
but it lets me smile at the fools,
the talking heads on my TV
who have spent hours
being sure the details
are clear,
on how mayhem and chaos
could be wrought
by any terror group
who happens to be listening to them talk.  

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Martie
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1 posted 2003-08-14 11:37 PM


icebox

I'm glad you have power...worried a bit about you out there in the dark.  

icebox
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2 posted 2003-08-14 11:40 PM


Oh child, don't worry about me!  I come alive in the dark.

It is nice to see you here; I've missed you.

serenity blaze
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3 posted 2003-08-14 11:56 PM


I sheepishly raise my hand.

I can offer you one piece, slightly used.

Has my lip prints on it tho.

and? I had not doubt of you regaining yer power.





the_loner_23
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4 posted 2003-08-14 11:57 PM


Glad your power is back. Very talented you are.

Cold hands means a warm heart

icebox
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5 posted 2003-08-15 12:02 PM


OK, WHO TOOK THE TAPE OFF KAREN!????

Honey, I've NEVER lost my power.  Yeah sure, sometimes the local electricity goes out, but that's completely different.

     

icebox
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6 posted 2003-08-15 12:07 PM


the_loner_23 ~ sorry, you slipped in here while I was writing a reply to the dark witch.  

Where I am happened to be right on the edge of where the cascade was stopped.  We had a brown-out for about 10 seconds while the grid shuddered and shifted, but then it came back just fine.

I was on the phone at the time though with someone in Manhattan and they were going down while we talked.  It is cooling down here now so things may stay calm through the night.

Thank you for your concern.

Susan Caldwell
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7 posted 2003-08-15 09:12 AM


I have always thought there just isn't enough duck tape...

Icy~I have the same thoughts sometimes whilst watching the tube~Idiots give all the little freaky deks out there ideas!!  

*Digging through papers* I know I wrote a little something once about what I thought about the media...

Susan

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8 posted 2003-08-15 10:54 AM


Yea...homeland security?...Should start with some kind of "need to know" policy regarding the media....I'm sure the terrorists have already pondered most of what we hear...but why reinforce their ideas?....good write ya old hippie....from an old hippie...
angelblueyes
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9 posted 2003-08-15 10:57 AM


Good wrote.They give them too many ideas to try.
angelblueyes

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10 posted 2003-08-15 05:58 PM


Not only do you write some of the best poetry but the best replies grins..you can just picture a terrorist slapping himself on the head saying..why didn't i think of that?
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