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If You Don't Hear It, You're Not Listening
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If You Don't Hear It, You're Not Listening |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows 
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We are running out of time; driven by rabid media dogs and self deluded pseudo-entertainers busy counting ticket stubs, who seem numb to the ticking, ticking, ticking, the ticking of the phantom clock. It gets louder all the time. I wonder if Augustus heard the same sound, back when he still was around, and realized he had missed the portents any seer could have seen. Would he have changed, and not turned his empire gently with intellectual passion and all the errors of his greed, onto the headlong bloody trail through history's killing fields, where Rome ground itself to dust, doing what all human empires must, which is in time die? ©2004 by icebox |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
Some of us listen better than others, excellent work icebox. Was working on a similar theme awhile back but its buried in my trash bin somewhere |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Well said, my friend. .......jo |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
Thank you both for reading my small rant. *smile* |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
icebox Maybe we will be put in a deep freeze and hope for some beter time. LOL |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
"driven by rabid media dogs and self deluded pseudo-entertainers" *nodding* Makes you want to retch at times.  Well said Icy!"cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind" |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
hiya Icebox, good morning....very much enjoyed this, wrote something similar and posted in Spiritual entitled Rapture I wonder if Augustus heard the same sound, back when he still was around, and realized he had missed the portents any seer could have seen. Would he have changed, and not turned his empire gently with intellectual passion and all the errors of his greed, onto the headlong bloody trail through history's killing fields, where Rome ground itself to dust, doing what all human empires must, which is in time die? whewwww some heavy metal here... Was just talking about this last night with a friend and history buff...very interesting conversation, actually an astounding realization, to discover all the wars and decay are repeated over and over again, just different generation...different empires. By the way, you might be interested...he was talking about Hitler and I learned two very interesting facts... #1 Did you know that Hitler loved art...very much and wanted to go to art school, but when he applied, 5 jews declined his application... #2. Also, his grandmother was impregnated by a jewish man...he didn't marry her and from that moment on, she (his grandmother) taught him to hate jews as much as she did... Pretty awful stuff to ponder isn't it? |
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Copperbell Senior Member
since 2003-11-08
Posts 956 |
'tis well said, a scary thought |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
rant on...I'm listening |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
icebox "We are running out of time;" Yes, this is true! |
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Krawdad Member Elite
since 2001-01-03
Posts 2597 |
Go ahead and rant all you like. A few see it coming while most do not care to look. And the powerful have nothing to lose, or so they think. It is the hiss of lightning just before it strikes. Thanks for the write. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
An amazing write with plenty to ponder... very well done! Hugs~ ~ Those who complain the sun has gone out of their world |
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Bonnie j Senior Member
since 2003-06-27
Posts 1588Ohio |
Ah! A good question. So many things in life to hear. Do we choose what to hear and what not to hear? Do we turn blind eyes and deaf ears in the direction of what is pleasant and ignore the unpleasant? As human-kind run the fast paced road they miss the warning signs for they are blind and do not hear the screams of the end for they are deaf. I sound like I just brought in my soap-box from the other room. Time to get off. Good one. BonBon  |
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eor Senior Member
since 2002-09-26
Posts 959blues & greys |
very intresting write, enough for a days worth of thoughts Pimpin and panderin, on a level you can't serve, dismantle, nouns, pronouns, adverbs, and verbs |
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MGROVES
since 2004-02-01
Posts 3802california |
yes very interesting |
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