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ecrivan Member Elite
since 2001-12-10
Posts 3923my own state 
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On the fringe with an arm up in the air my crown of copper tinged with sulfated age I had signaled to newcomers of a land so fair yet now many abroad would hesitate to ever visit even though there are hugh campaigns out to sell a land of opportunity they were told they'd smell.. Time to trim those bushes that grow in the way in the way of my favorite shade tree on a pedestal, I represent a land of liberty trim those bushes that infringe on my freedom as the copper clad lady of a great harbour A decent pruning to make sure the bushy undergrowth doesn't affect my canopy... would be like pulling up the garden weeds they recur relentlessly in time. I may be a beast of the forest or a slave to the land or a lone goddess-like statue at sea When it comes to a democracy feeding me lies on how much safer the country will be if I enter into conflicts halfway around the world only to invite intense antagonism at home, I would sooner rout out the bushes and their devious roots, would be like weeds pulled up a constant process that has to be followed if one desires a perfect lawn of Kentucky blue this bush would be no decent representation of me as a model for democracy yet I stand at the entrance of New York, in welcome to so many nationalities on yearly runs to escape foreign lands and political guns on the precept that I offer them refuge from persecution but no, if a name begins with Omar that person's immediately shunned no matter his political affiliation, the liberty I represent becomes shallower even in this deep harbour all for the sake of oil and its ocean spills... what would happen if the world would stand still.. to see the enormous errors that hominids make all for free enterprise and liberty's sake... [This message has been edited by ecrivan (10-30-2004 11:05 PM).] |
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DavePage Member Elite
since 2003-12-21
Posts 2917 |
A world beckons Freedom To all Who love freedom? To defend freedom And for politicians to learn That the people are the country And the country is the people And no matter what country People will defend their country We dance on appearance Festered by those who live on outrage We weed those would destroy and those are good Bark covers my lawn Blackbirds chuck it over Eating But they are accurate In the Financial Times building when the first IRA bomb went off by the sandwich shop I used, and I thought it was a gas main. I would have been on the sandwich menu, if I hadn't failed to take my usual walk by the River Thames and a sandwich on the steps of the Old Bailey. Someone's problem when a store was ram-raided and we had more stock after the raid than we knew about before was luck. We cannot return to the old days and reduce the score of those we don’t approve of, they deserve to live. That doesn’t mean that I accept the UN idea of pumping in my money to be siphoned off whilst the rest is used to keep someone in power, who uses your money and tells you to mind your own business. Left alone to face their own problems without big Companies funding them for mineral rights etc., would stop then demanded that what they have done to themselves is some one else's fault but countries must decide themselves and stop blaming everyone else for what they are doing. How many would say to a journalist that I thought you were a reporter. A bringer of news, not a career generating creating of it, yet how many journalists consider themselves reporters and not stars. Dave |
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ecrivan Member Elite
since 2001-12-10
Posts 3923my own state |
appropriate words here... "We dance on appearance Festered by those who live on outrage We weed those would destroy and those are good" Too bad both the good and bad are weeded out in parallel, leaving younger Americans wondering is this festering what the commander in chief really wanted...it makes for the beginning of a good S/M film |
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froggy Senior Member
since 2003-06-23
Posts 1893Michigan |
Hi Ecrivan, You spoke great truths here, I agree with what the poem is speaking. :-) Within this heart you'll find love |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Nice writing...James |
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