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Lightning |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass 
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Lightning It’s hit everywhere by now, right? If you think of a billion years or so there must have been a lightning bolt for every square foot of this planet, and a whole lot of ‘em left over. Picture the time-lapse recording, plasma spikes stabbing everywhere and oh man, the noise! Maybe not just here though. I mean, it would have hit here, but when it did maybe this place wasn’t exactly here at the time. Things move around you know, so it could have been overlooked in all the hullabaloo. This explains continental drift: they’re all dodging desperately, trying to keep the losses down. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
neat outlook on this |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Ed "Lightning It’s hit everywhere by now, right?" Right!  |
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Dautz Write Member
since 2004-11-16
Posts 96 |
Lots to ponder here and imagine. Interesting write. Yes, most interesting thoughts. Dautz Write... |
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Copperbell Senior Member
since 2003-11-08
Posts 956 |
 I like this - definately like this |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn |
Very nice! I love a good poser. (umm, that's "poser", as in "question"...LOL) |
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Kaoru
since 2003-06-07
Posts 3892where the wild flowers grow |
So originally woven... love it. |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
very masterfully crafted from beginning to conclusion and all that was suggested in between. |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
Darn hullabaloo is enough to drive a person mad, and oh how the losses sadden me. Yes, dear Ed, the lightning can be interpreted so many ways, and your introspection is like none other. |
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Krawdad Member Elite
since 2001-01-03
Posts 2597 |
"Dodging drift?" Now that's poetic license. haahaahaa ed |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Ed, you brought in a whirlwind of thoughts with this one.... I call them thinkers, cause they make the reader start to ponder and think about the message.... Good Job!! |
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Pilgrimage Member Elite
since 2001-12-04
Posts 3945Texas, USA |
 What a nifty idea! I never thought of that as a reason for plate tectonics. But it makes sense to me.Nan (Pilgrim variety) |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
I'd say the continental drift theory is now well explained. Good job! Ken Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
The only good thing about the werk monster keeping me on a short leash is that I get to read some poems several times before responding... Pondering this one has brightened many a project for me, my friend... I love the paths your words revealed... and I thank you for every step! *S* Excellent write!! |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
Magnifico Mr Rat, always enjoy your ponderings  Mxx into this night i wonder, it's morning that i dread, another day of knowing of, the path i fear to tread. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Nice writing...James |
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