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The Mean Reds
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The Mean Reds |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
"The blues are because you're getting fat and maybe it's been raining too long, you're just sad that's all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of." Truman Capote" Breakfast At Tiffany's  "The Mean Reds", painting by Alison Gregory Out of sight, it lurks inside Invisible--it darks my door- Of mind...I lie In bed in scare caused sweat Afraid... of what? Is the heavy weight That smothers out all other thought. Short steps to a portal: Night air sieves, fills my lungs With still-thick breath Of a gone down sun-it Refreshes, somewhat But something estranged From my sight upraises The flag of inner fright-- Across the valley, the far hills echo Noises of something blood colored- Dressed in shades of primal dread Against which logic makes poor armor; Passing time proves poor defense When a no-thing hides out on the steppes Of endless mind-land plaines; the battle Monsters teeth make bleed My thin skin comfort...once, again! I swing my sword of thoughts to slash, But hear no moan or deaths last rattle. The mean red beast and I fight on. |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Fight on, ice! "Passing time proves poor defense When a no-thing hides out on the steppes" that line is classic. thanx for the poem, and sharing the inspirational pic. Michael |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
It's the "mean red beast" fir you to fight and it is shadows for me, my shadow actually. Capote. He had a few interesting quotes, that's for sure. ~ Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get. ~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Mean Red huh? So thats what gives me that yellow belly lilly livered feeling...good to know...it's not just me. Great write! Lori |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Michael I never thought of that line as classic, but am very happy to ssee what you said about it. Thank You *********************************** JP Shadows are about the same thing as the mean reds, if they freighten you.. something is there that may cause fear, and you don't know what it is. Thanks for reading. ************************************ Lori Yup, Mean Reds..That's what Capote called them...as far as I know he coined the phrase for the book...I have never seen it used anywhere else. Thank you for reading. |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
quote: Wow, dear Ford, what a powerful write about that mostly undefinable unknown enemy that is fear. Probably fear is a primordial emotion that was intended to make us watch out and to get ready to defend our lives. I think there are few among us who may say honestly that they are totally free from some kind of fear. It is a very difficult enemy to cope with. Some succeed in diminishing the bad influence of fear on our behaviour, on our health. I always remember Job's exclamation "what I most feared has come upon me" (3.25). And that in the case you know what you fear! We must fight on indeed, in order to awaken to the truth that we are greater than we suspect and have more resources than we might dream of. Great write, dear Ford. Food for thought as always. Love and trust, Margherita "Love is the One who masters all things; |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Thank you M "We must fight on indeed, in order to awaken to the truth that we are greater than we suspect and have more resources than we might dream of." indeed |
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