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RSWells Member Elite
since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533
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We breed them new Sport of Kings, lineage tracked from starting blocks of graphs, culled to the strongest Strains wrung, fine tuned to a tense tightrope of only what we want, tauten as Naram Sin’s bow Isolated, palatine, privileged, preened, and kneaded to vainglory as are Blue Persian Longhairs by “lion-cuts” and GPS tags Ignored, denied or forgotten are those stretched to notes beyond the range of our hearing, pulled like silly-putty comic faces Distortions punch-faced Pekinese that yap, Pit bulls, Dobermans that snap, Turkeys which will never flap limits breached always snap Whoa, woe is we! |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Oh, but that is one side of the bacteria story! What about the friendly ones in yoghurt? lol i.e. lactobacillus acidophillus. At least they improve our intestinal environment! lol Intriguing, tongue-in-cheek write!  Linda |
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Mysteria 
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
"limits breached always snap" They do but "they" learn from that, and keep trying to create a "mould of perfection" for the perfect, don't they? Very profound Richard, and one of my pet peeves, as is this today, have a look. http://www.mytelus.com/news/article.do?pageID=ab_home&articleID=1787729 |
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Huan Yi Member Ascendant
since 2004-10-12
Posts 6688Waukegan |
“I believe in the great discovery. I believe in the man who will make the discovery. I believe in the fear of the man who will make the discovery. . . I believe in the burning of his notes, burning them to ashes, burning them to the last scrap. . . I believe in the refusal to take part. I believe in the ruined career. I believe in the wasted years of work. I believe in the secret taken to the grave. These words soar for me beyond all rules without seeking support from actual examples. My faith is strong, blind, and without foundation.” From: Discovery by Wislawa Szymborska |
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RSWells Member Elite
since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533 |
Thank you Earth Angel, Mysteria and Huan Yi for commenting on a poem that holds some promise as a decent write once I do something about the clumsy last stanza and my addiction to rhyme. Huan Yi, your considered quotation would have done as well on my other post about the autograph touring crew of the Enola Gay. While I'm not a total luddite (for the internet may yet bring us all together if time allows and certainly enzymes and greater yields of foodstuffs are noble pursuits) I do worry about the data banks of the insurers who would narrow our uniqueness and the always pervasive influence of the war monger/profiteers who've seized most scientific research in order to destroy more and faster. But science also increasingly reveals and confirms our common "virgin birth" by our mother earth and as time goes on those who steadfastly, and violently maintain the myths intended to control the ignorant of a few thousand years past will be considered the backward of our species...and none too soon. |
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