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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738
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Five hundred fingertips trail the upward of my spine five thousand years of glimpse through the frames one at a time as though my life were "this" (it is) as though my life were "that" (it was) as though I could find what I am would I could be organized and plastic pages keep me there in the places where we are and "now" does not exist at all and clouds are figures ten miles tall like macy day parade balloons. Five I wiggle pinky pink four is more appropriate as thumbs don't count as fingertip always hitching rides they are the party on the hand I am begging for a reprimand hopping in the truck for laughs "take me where you go" I sit and toss the sandal off the foot and place it on the dash-- with the window down in half grinning in the winds of change asking do you mind if I smoke as I exhale the stuff of satisfaction game. "Whatcha haulin'?" finally I make the small talk properly nodding to the back. "You don't need to know" he said and I knew the weight of that as he played propriety against his need for company on the road of spark. Sparks the vision on the side they rumble when you drift away edging as a warning code thump thump thump the road is game lost and tossed we laugh too strange righted on the road, we came too close to being gone. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
OH  dangerous moments loved this write! LOL, I will tell you some time about my hitchhiking days after a bottle of whine  not always pleasant .... |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Kacy? I wanna hear.  Consider it a challenge.  |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
LOL, ok, which one first? the trip on the German autobahn, or the one in southern Yugoslavia? They are a lot more interesting than the ones about hitchiking in Alaska at -30F. And if Larry C reads this? NO! I will not retell for the fourth time about that camel incident. LOL |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Autobahn  |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
wrong answer LOL, the Yugo story is really much hotter.  I left the train in southern Yugoslavia after leaving Greece, decided to hitch, as it was really early in the morning, right after sunlight, I figured...what the hell. Not the best idea. The Adriatic coastline is, well, scary, and we had just left the top of the scariest ridge I'd ever been on, and headed toward what appeared to be a farming area. Anyway, got picked up by a single man in a ?Volvo? and a few minutes later, he picked up another lady...a Yugoslavian street walker, I soon found myself by the side of the road as he and the other lady went about their busyness, parked under a tree. So, I started walking. Then three young village boys ran up to me, grabbed my backpack and started running. there goes my passport and travelers checks! not to mention my clothes.I chased after them, and they kept waving me to follow. I ended up spending the whole day at a Serb village, no one speaking English of course, but I had a great time and met the entire village before they flagged down the ONLY passing bus of the day (around sunset) to the first real city.*sigh* OK, so next time the autobahn  but I don't want to hijack this thread! |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
somehow? I picture much gesturing. giggle gawd I love you Kacy...yer a trip. gleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee and you should really write that as an epic poem, lovie. thank you |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
hugging you back ok, so now, the rest of the story.. just kiddin, it'll take another hour and another glass of wine LOL |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
And hey? And this for everybody: Hijack this thread. I love stories. |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
first of all this stanza struck me so much as in geez, just life, y'know? the road is game lost and tossed we laugh too strange righted on the road, we came reminded me of the Dark Side of the Moon, I have no idea why. Ok, once my girlfriends and I hitchhiked and some dude, we were like 14, picked us all up and LMAO, before this my girlfriend had picked up her mother's umbrella from my house that she left there. You know the big 'ole Mary Poppins black ones with the long pointed tips on 'em. Anyhow, he starts driving way the heck out of where we were suppossed to be going and my friend is in the front seat, two of us in the back and this scum puts his hand on her knee whispering God knows what to her. He was like in his thirties, sheesh. So I start freakin out in the back seat, saying, "Pull over, pull the ******* car over NOW" and he isnt listening so my girlfriend, OMG it's actually funny, takes that damn umbrella point and pokes that sucker as hard as she can you know where and we all scramble out of the car maybe 20 miles from home and just run. Dumb kids. Needless to say, that is the last time I hitchhiked. A much different world when I was growing up. Maybe not as interesting, but taught me a lesson. Dylan knew it best: (Don't need the weatherman to know which way the wind blows) Sooo . . . the moral of this story? Ya just never know when you are going to need that umbrella. *grin* OMG I just read Kacy's LMAO ---> sorry, only that m'dear would happen to you. |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
enjoyed |
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Robert Frazier Senior Member
since 2003-02-06
Posts 1014 |
you wrote the "ride" powerfully! this is very good! Rf |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
kinda reminds me of the time I failed my philosophy exam and went for a drive...I ended up picking up a very nice-looking hitch-hiker on the interstate and we ended up talking about philosophy and life, and we hit it off so well, I drove him all the way to the French Quarter where we had a cup of double chocolate coffee at some shop on Royal Street...or maybe it was Canal...I can't remember... never saw him again, though he did call a few times afterwards... |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
smiling wide It was a different time then, eh? But thanks for playing along, and I just KNOW there's more stories out there. Hugs to all. |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
You always tell it well m'lady....enjoyed this. M and i knew in the crystalline knowledge of you |
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