(Age) Of New Desires And Rages (1963)

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ice
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since 2003-05-17

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Pennsylvania

0 posted 2004-03-15 08:00 AM

In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway American dream
At night we ride past mansions of glory in suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on highway 9,
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected
and steppin' out over the line
(Bruce Springsteen)
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(Age) Of New Desires And Rages (1963)
by f.hume aka ice
*
Dressed in what rages
And cloaks of desire;
On sixth-day nights, sparks fly
From smoking tires, unleashing
Lions, caged in souped up engines,
Emitting roars from open-end lakers;
Costumes and set
Of teenaged gladiators.
*
Just get in and floor the son of a bitch,
Blast off to no where in particular
Past the limits of common town
Passing pastoral settlements
Of bourgeois palace/castles,
Where three drink train commuters
Inhabit.. home-working briefcase papers
Into ever increasing power;
Even on Saturday night.
*
No one waits on the other end,
There is none, but we follow
Close,the most reckless, his plastic
Red rocket taillights glare
Are maps, of the way to places
Unknown; where we want to be;
One hand gripping the wheel,
The other kneading her knee.

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

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Tamarac Fla

1 posted 2004-03-15 09:16 AM

ice
A good strong write with a touch of pazzazz.

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

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in the shadows

2 posted 2004-03-15 09:17 AM

I have young children and I work around young (almost) adults.  I am sad at times when I think that they will never know the freedom we had in this country then.  I guess being male often links this thought to the cars and bikes I drove and rode.  Real power monsters drinking gasoline like there was no tomorrow; of course for many, there really was no tomorrow.

When high test (before "premium") was 20 cents a gallon and any motor putting out less than 400 horse power was simply a waste of time, when there were still states with no speed limits on the open road, when war was deadly but sex was safe, it was possible to live fast, be free and maybe even survive.

It is very unlikely that my children will ever drive a car with a power to weight ratio that is almost as tight as a motorcycle's, and when I try to give them a sense of it, I find it is beyond their grasp.

My favorite was a '58 Impala hardtop with a 358 cubic inch "stone crusher" motor, a 3/4 cam and twin progressively linked four barrel carbs.  It would do zero to 60 in 6 seconds on a dry day with street tires and run comfortably at 160 MPH on a decent highway and got about 6 miles to the gallon.  It could eat 409's for a snack.  I guess I wasn't environmentally conscious back then.  *smile*

You made me all misty this morning.  Thanks!

LeeJ
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since 2003-06-19

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3 posted 2004-03-15 10:17 AM

This brings many profound thoughts to mind...many....excellent write and very thought provoking. Enjoyed.

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

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Canada eh.

4 posted 2004-03-15 11:04 AM

Wow...fantastic write!

Note to icebox...we had a '59 Chev Impala..withtthe wings!

Love this...excellent.
Hugs~

Poetry is not an opinion expressed...
it is a song that rises from a bleeding wound
...or a smiling mouth.

~ Kahlil Gibran

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

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Gaia

5 posted 2004-03-15 01:03 PM

OK, so you made me conjure up a James Dean image; then I reminded my first car(which I bought in 1965)...a 1953 Chevy that handled like a Sherman tank on Mulholland Drive but took me everywhere I needed to go for three years before I bought my first VDUB.

Earth Angel
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Realms of Light

6 posted 2004-03-15 01:44 PM

I very much enjoyed the ride!!! Thank you!

Warm hugs,
EA

DavePage
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since 2003-12-21

Posts 2917

7 posted 2004-03-15 02:22 PM

You could take your words and make it done on feet because the words
power

I wonder whether men do look away from a beautiful woman and concentrate on the substance of an advert.

Machines are machines, people are people and how they behave is personal, but driven by understand not government or control.

People are responsible.

Dave

froggy
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since 2003-06-23

Posts 1893
Michigan

8 posted 2004-03-17 01:51 AM

Wow!

:-)

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