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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn 
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Counties, Nations, Principalities Emirates and Sultanates all have their flags Linen rectangles encompassing philosophies and cultures Colorful proclamations that fly above granite buildings and hang somberly behind orating statesmen Logos, of sorts, like designer labels stitched into the fabric of atlases falling in and out of fashion as easily and often as the cartographer takes up his pen The land of the odd though it has no geography, has its own flags banners that, no doubt, fly over me A man, living a life of quiet introspection alone with a dog, in a shack on a river with just enough of a past and no plans for a future Possessing dozens of notebooks containing nonsensical verse and haphazard stacks of arcane publications A man whose shrine contains no icon or cross but, feathers and bone, crystal and candles No bear or bird, no Griffin or dragon no image of sun, the moon or the stars can be found on my flags In the land of the odd the flags are all red |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
This I love!!! And if I told you why I would most probably start an enormous debate on your thread... So I will just tell you I love it and I understand..  "cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind" |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn |
Susan, A friend of mine pointed out all of the "red flags" that I have accumulated. Seems that there is circumstantial evidence that I am *chucking* "not as perky as I could be" |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
wranx Another excellent write, you're just full of them. LOL |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Very well said....  Hugs~ |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
It's all good, Ed. sigh. I'm not as perky as I could be, either.  "A man whose shrine contains no icon or cross but, feathers and bone, crystal and candles" OMG...ya think? sigh...I may have a touch of yeti in me. (My toes are looking a bit hairy these days...) |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
good write |
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garysgirl  
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
in the land of the odd the flags are all red Well, I guess that I must live "in the land of the odd", too...now anyway. I have gone through so many yellow flags since I've known Gary. And, some of them have turned red, but I wouldn't stop.... And, you know what? It feels wonderful!!!! Well, Ed, even if this isn't exactly what you meant, it's what I thought of when I read it. Hugs, Ethel |
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Sadelite Member Elite
since 2003-10-11
Posts 2519 |
Wranx, Your flag would be a tapestry. Excellent. Sadelite |
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