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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
“Castilian,” She was telling the man. “Her people had come to this country Long before and at one time had land grants Giving them many thousands of acres, But, the war with Mexico Had stripped her family, Once proud, Into bare existence” I sipped my drink listening, Wondering If history Got in her way today, If she carried the resentment Of her family’s loss still, Or if it was just a point She made to Establish class. She looked the part, Fine featured and a beauty That held her head up, Looked you in the eyes, Then flashed a smile To disarm. Castilian perhaps But no longer privileged Except when it came Her looks And her story. I paid the bartender, And walked past her table To take one more glance, But she did not notice. She only smiled For her grandson today. Su belleza es como la tierra eterna y llenada de historia [This message has been edited by Cpat Hair (10-11-2002 04:21 PM).] |
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brian sites Senior Member
since 2002-06-25
Posts 1475usa |
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Are you marking your spot? Is there a treasure under there? |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Zen? perhaps the ultimate in minimalism? My spot? How dare you be peaking at my spot!!!!!! ( LMAO) Treasure? where???? bury it quick! LngJhn is back and he is likely to steal it, him being the pirate he is!!! Nah folks.... posted, then thought the better of it... just decided it was not well aged enough to be served alone. Would have needed to be mixed with aomething to cut the bite... |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I KNEW you were going to do this---so I WAITED.  You have such a talent for characterization I think I'm gonna bug you until you write that novel...besides I'm not convinced about that cabin, yanno...ever occur to you that maybe I'm not running FROM but perhaps, TO?  And if you keep writing like this? I'm gonna start calling you "guru-ron-daddy" |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
guru-ron-daddy???? Now Ser... I'm no guru... well... I started it here and it seemed it should be finished here as well. Novel huh? nah kid, I'm much too boring to do a novel. I'd never hold a thought long enough to complete it... my mind is like a big strainer you know... full of holes and only good for draining the bif stuff... One does not need to run to unless they are finding something lacking in their current place that makes them want to move. This would mean they were running from something that was missing or lacking in the place they were to begin with. Rarely does one find that they themselves are different in another place if they explore the root elements of their being. I suggest, to truly find the things one wants and needs, they identify them, analyze why they are not in their life already, and then decide how to change things so that the probability of the individual achieving them or finding them is improved. It does not mean or guarranty you will be successful in your endeavor, but it does mean you will have exerted you influence and control over the situation as best you could and therefore build self esteem. Now, a change in locaton can be beneficial in eliminating the influences that are destructive, but changing locations is not the final answer, it begins with action inside yourself and concludes with assimilating the knowledge learned by your efforts and using it to effect change for the better.. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
there ya have it--I just figure it would be much easier on a diabetic if they didn't work in a bakery yanno? It's too hard to behave in this town.  and you KNOW I love it--but? this town is a deathstyle to too many...sigh...they are dropping like flies...  |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Then my friend... I take you to the other part of what was said... and ask you how, besides waiting for manna from heaven do you change the location you presently occupy? I do not disagree with your comment about it being an unhealthy place for you... but to truly change that requires you to take responsibility for where you are and take steps to change it. :< |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
baby steps...yep...it's what they are...but I swear sometimes it's all I can do not walk backward...groan... |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
baby steps are totally acceptable.. one does not need to tackle the whole issue, but break the issue into smaller elements that can be effected with little effort. this way one makes and shows progress, while not being overwhelmed by the enormity of the total... ya know I lov ya girl! |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
See? Thank you "guru-ron-daddy!"  It occurred to me once that I spend half of my life trying to make myself "smart" and the other half trying to "get stupid"--ah...an epiphany! [This message has been edited by serenity blaze (10-11-2002 06:40 PM).] |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
(chuckling) I didn't tell you anything you don't already know.... so don't go playing the epiphany card on me... besides that word always sounds like someone trying to talk with a mouth full of cotton... |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
oh...but I LIKE it...smiling...I have to have SOME place I can use words that have more than two syllables...try lobbing that one across a cocktail table round here? Someone once thought I'd had surgery...sigh |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
yeah ... well I hope it didn't leave a big scar! I've heard them epiphanix surgeries can do that if the Doc don't use the right stitch.... Use it at HOME!!! Just because the people around you don't use it doesn't mean you shouldn't. I'm not saying be highbrow on everyone, but don't limit yourself simply because those around you are.  Now..I gotta get my self home. I think I hear a bud light calling me... |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
glug glug CLICK (have a nice weekend! ) |
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brian sites Senior Member
since 2002-06-25
Posts 1475usa |
ah, Ron thank you for bringing this back I've never responded to your writes but they have been read sometimes? I don't know how to say what needs to be said so I don't I want to thank you for a few things... Ed is a friend of mine and a coworker thankyou for recognizing the ability and respect required to hold Iambe's pen in him You two cut from the same cloth, methinks Thanks for lookin out for and pushing the rare visionary voice of a certain squirrel and, finally for being the self-deprecating GURU to my New Orleans Other Half She is my THOUGHT and though 1000 miles and various Named Hurdles separate I know she is okay because she has people like you and Mike and Ed and many other folks in PIP watching out for her and I appreciate everyone so thank you, sir for you *spshffift* *gulpgulp* briuurrrrrrpppp |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
*spshffift* *gulpgulp* briuurrrrrrpppp ah... oops..excuse me! Hey Brian, you said a bunch of nice things you be careful or I may think you're hitting on me! (laughing about thread in PIP Talk) Seriously... thank for the nice words, but you know.. it doesn't matter if you read or reply to anything I write. Heck..I wonder why I write them sometimes myself. NOw.. I started to write a whole long answer to you... think I will just say "Nice to meet you!" and thank you one more time... Now where did I put those aspirin? ah there they are.. snap.. chick chickchick slurp... swallow... mmmmm mmmmmm mmmmmmm mmm mmmm mmmmmmm Hey dude... no need to thank me for nothing... |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
*beaming at you two* I'm the luckiest girl in the world... |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn |
Hmmm? [This message has been edited by wranx (10-12-2002 10:40 AM).] |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn |
Oh! hell, I forgot the doggone poem. What? with the all the patter n' all. Can you brocade silk? ~Ed |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
I'll take a long, tall glass of that draught, just rub the glass rim with sand first. Dammit ...... stop inspiring me!  Visionary Prophet Squirrel (aka, broke) |
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Local Parasite
since 2001-11-05
Posts 2527Transylconia, Winnipeg |
Wow. 20 replies and 5 people have replied.  Very cool writing, Ron. I like how your focus in this poem is on the story, and the clarity of it. After reading a lot from Serenity and Elizabeth Cor, I could do with some of that old time clarity...  Parasite Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. |
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Kielo Senior Member
since 2002-02-11
Posts 1109 |
Yes, I loved the straightforwardness of this poem. (Is that a word? Too lazy to check.) It's too late at night for me, so I'll come back tomorrow, if I can, and perhaps say something more intelligent. For now, I really enjoyed the poem. Kielo According to statistics, a man eats a prune every twenty seconds. I don't know who this fellw is, but I know where to find him. |
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