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icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

0 posted 2006-01-18 05:11 AM

The world will shake today,
as pricey little shining children
in ten thousand dollar suits
playing at grown up will cry and wail
and try to run away;
reporters circling will hope to graze on carrion
as they conjure Chicken Little
for the timid and the greedy
while the truly needy haven’t got the time
to pay attention to the news,
their daily views on life are always simple,
will there be a bowl of rice for their kids to share today.

©2006 by icebox

Gentle Spirit
Member Patricius

since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

1 posted 2006-01-18 05:53 AM

while the truly needy haven’t got the time
to pay attention to the news,
their daily views on life are always simple,
will there be a bowl of rice for their kids to share today.

perfect, and whoa, what an impact this leaves in the mind....

so sad, that it is a reality many face every day.

Thank you for this.

Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

2 posted 2006-01-18 08:32 AM

Indeed - There's something to be said for hermitage...

littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

3 posted 2006-01-18 09:00 PM

Is this why I don't watch tv?

Gosh, I can always come right here when I need truth.

The Lady
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

4 posted 2006-01-18 10:10 PM

"as pricey little shining children
in ten thousand dollar suits
playing at grown up will cry and wail
and try to run away;"

How true. I really enjoyed this.

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

5 posted 2006-01-18 10:56 PM

great title...fabulous write...well done...so VERY well done...!!!! applause!

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

6 posted 2006-01-19 12:50 PM

It's always the simplest things that make us the happiest. The "news" is a killer. Those addicted to it perhaps the dispensers of a silent doom that creeps unnoticed into one's mind. As we think, so we are. I always enjoy reading you.

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

7 posted 2006-01-19 01:59 AM

Well, you were right. It shook, but then it bounced back. Your concerns are echoed by me. The poor and enslaven are left behind...it's always been the way of things, hasn't it. I do watch the news and read. Used to feel like I was better off without watching TV, but I find it is a necessary "participation" these days. Although, once all this digital conversion takes place and I can be watched through the TV, I may change my mind...lol. Appreciated your words, Mr. C.

...jo

[This message has been edited by iliana (01-19-2006 02:55 AM).]

RedStoneEB
Senior Member

since 2003-06-08

Posts 772
uk

8 posted 2006-01-19 05:03 AM

Always looking at different things they never do compare

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

9 posted 2006-01-19 09:38 AM

Thank you all for your comments and thoughts and for the time it takes to share them.

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

10 posted 2006-01-19 03:19 PM

You have such a way of summing things up, that I sometimes have trouble knowing what to say to you. I feel like anything I'd say would be redundant, as I am convinced you are already in my head.