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Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

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Gaia

0 posted 2003-06-26 10:26 PM

midnite's thoughts
after spending the night
reading
Stephen King
Stephen Hawking
Douglas Adams

it takes a brave soul
or a bloody fool
to read all three of these
in one night

admit it,
I'm brave
and foolish

you can imagine
(or not)
what midnitesun's dreams were like
after this trio scrambled for position
in my frontal lobes
all within one REM shift

stuck in high velocity vogonicity mode
sinking stealthily through black holes
at warped mind boggling speeds
trying to avoid walking the green miles

is it any wonder
I awoke
with a migraine
and the sheets wrapped around me
like a tornado had put me to bed?

timothysangel1973

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since 2001-12-03

Posts 1725
Never close enough

1 posted 2003-06-26 10:28 PM

HaHa...Ain't that the truth!

Shoot, I can't read Stephen King, he's to bent for me...hehehe!

Talk about overloading your brain before bedtime...I bet the dream sequence was working triple time trying to function among all that twisted information.

Wonderful read my friend!

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

2 posted 2003-06-26 10:32 PM

The last line was excellent...
...Like a tornadoe put me to bed...

LOL...wonderful. TD

Midnitesun

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Gaia

3 posted 2003-06-26 10:32 PM

LOL, yep. Maybe it's no wonder no one wants to....never mind. Thanks for reading, angel

thanks for reading Diamond

[This message has been edited by Midnitesun (06-26-2003 10:33 PM).]

Wind

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since 2002-10-12

Posts 2981

4 posted 2003-06-26 10:34 PM

Honey, go to sleep! what are you an insomniac?

I said I'm going to buy a gun and start a war,
If you can tell me something worth fighting for
-coldplay

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

5 posted 2003-06-26 10:38 PM

LOL, I work nights, read and play days.
Yes, I guess so. Thanks for reading, wind.

SuperDave
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since 2002-09-12

Posts 48
Little House on the Hill

6 posted 2003-06-26 10:50 PM

Good poem and story. Liked the physical layout of the poem as well, it seems to flow with the words.

David

Skyfire

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since 2000-12-27

Posts 3381
Riding

7 posted 2003-06-26 10:52 PM

All three in one night???

I have a problem with ONE in one night!!!

It is said the Creator has taken a handful of South Wind and given each newborn Arabian the power of flight without wings

bbent
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since 2001-01-07

Posts 521
Alaska

8 posted 2003-06-26 11:28 PM

might as well watch an hour of cnn before bed,suppose the fact that the books are fiction might make them a little less frightening but then again dreams arn't partial to fact or fiction...don't think there's a tornado anywhere that couldn't be calmed by the spirit of the midnightsun and am sure there's some ones everywhere that would be thrilled to...nevermind.

Live like it's your last day...
Dance like nobody's watching...
Love like you've never been hurt...

Midnitesun

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Posts 28647
Gaia

9 posted 2003-06-26 11:33 PM

David, what a treat to have you read and reply! thank you, so much

skyfire, LOL, it's safer that way

Hey, Ray! we really do get tornadoes in Colorado, though not where I'm living
and LOL, Hawking, fiction? Thanks for reading and for that last remark

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

10 posted 2003-06-27 12:11 PM

*laugh*

The next time you try that I think you should include lots of the stuff that Dougie's brother Sam puts in bottles!

Thanks for the great image of you tied up in sheets!!!! *grin*

Midnitesun

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Gaia

11 posted 2003-06-27 12:18 PM

ice, laughter at my expense will get you your own tie-down nightmare sent air mail special delivery

PS that's my older sister's favorite brew

[This message has been edited by Midnitesun (06-27-2003 12:19 AM).]

Local Rebel
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since 1999-12-21

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Southern Abstentia

12 posted 2003-06-27 12:45 PM

Better not skip ahead to 'Restaraunt at the End of the Universe' -- lol -- God is a -- um.. well... maybe I better not say ... Serenity would be distraught! lol...

You're brave alright (and bored) -- how bout that chess game?

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

13 posted 2003-06-27 12:45 PM

Oh, no, I was not laughing at you being tied up; that image had its own distinct charm!

I was laughing at the concept of Stephen Hawking and Stephen King being in the same mind at the same time.

Besides, I stand my own nightmares next to your's and we'll see whose psyche turns to jello first. *smile*

Larry C

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since 2001-09-10

Posts 10286
United States

14 posted 2003-06-27 12:48 PM

Kacy,
You and Ginger Michelle! What's wrong with you two?

I'll never go there. I have read all of Robert Ludlum and one was scary. I stayed up all night until I read to the end at 5:00 a.m. and then went to work.

But I avoided the night mares and any further scary stories.

There, there everything will be alright.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

SEA

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Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

15 posted 2003-06-27 01:03 AM

Dean Koontz....now that is some spooky goodness

I love his books...and yep, the ending of this is so funny...not at you, with you

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

16 posted 2003-06-27 06:34 PM

Attracted by the title .... one of my favorite sports! Preferably with a book of Stephen Hawkins, but I do not disdain Stephen King either, we do dance with both, but to different tunes!
Loved your write ...
Love, Margherita

littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

17 posted 2003-06-28 06:17 AM

LMAO - you are crazy!!!

One time LMAO - I wrote while listening
to White Stripes & System of a Down
after reading Poe . . .

I know what ya mean . . .
needless to say the write was about a nervous breakdown lol
I loved this
xxoo

vandana

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since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

18 posted 2003-06-28 04:28 PM

enjoyed

Jason Lyle
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since 2003-02-07

Posts 1438
With my darkling

19 posted 2003-06-28 04:39 PM

Now that is a twisted mix of reading.A great write, I loved the end.

Jason

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

20 posted 2003-06-28 06:24 PM

thanks! not muchtime to reply, am packing AGAIN for another move in two weeks, then vacation until mid August, but YES this reading combo is bizarre

hehe have fun trying to come up with a more mind boggling combo

I love all these replies!
Now? off to the Cherry Blossom festival, and the Japanese Obon, Taiko drums. I WILL write about this night, as it's one of my all-time fave Japanese cultural events.

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