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Dark Stranger
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0 posted 2005-05-09 07:40 AM



the other side of r' town
where the viet man sells his gold
and his golden waits behind dark glass
with her plastic buddha

we drank the bitter tea
and spoke of 68 before
we were brothers of a road
that goes nowhere

when we were warriors
with different crosses
but the same prayers
and day dreams of oceans

that would drown the same nightmares


______________
dark  (scribblenote: Republic of Viet Nam class of 68 accidental reunion off of the 101 in Reseda town..@ thai bar joey's)

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Sunshine
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1 posted 2005-05-09 08:42 AM


Use to have family friends
in Reseda...
remembering now a time of youth
and innocence while the big brothers
were off to a far away place...

with prayers being the
only link...

when the folks didn't realize
that even kids watched
the nightly news.

for this heartbreaker
of yesteryear, DS...

Thank you.

Dark Stranger
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2 posted 2005-05-09 09:33 AM


R town is changing,  sunny
kind of a redevelopment..
but so is everywhere I guess

thanks lady..

Sunshine
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3 posted 2005-05-09 09:59 AM


Let's see...Under the Boardwalk had just been released...

The visit in Reseda well over 40 years ago...

Streets were wide in the neighborhoods, but the blacktop could bubble at times...and the trees were old and spread wide their shade...

we'd dare to "walk" across the street...but the blacktop would get too hot...

so we'd take the transistor radios over to some huge oak tree with arms sprung wide, and dance to those sounds of down by the sea...oh yea... in our thongs...flip-flops, nowadays...

yep...sweeping me down memory lane...thanks for the push...


Dark Stranger
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4 posted 2005-05-09 10:04 AM


lol...we buried a scooter bro yesterday
street shooting on sherman way
had burittos at a chinese cafe used for the wake...bro was a charlie in 68..
don't know if I would walk down the steet now..in a thong anyway..(wink)

Sunshine
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Susan
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6 posted 2005-05-09 10:13 AM


Morning D - would've loved to have been eyes on the edge to see and hear the stories tossed around - as always - love looking through your eyes -

Am sorry to hear of the loss -

  S

If I wander far enough, long enough, will I finally know . . .

[This message has been edited by Susan (05-09-2005 11:10 AM).]

LeeJ
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7 posted 2005-05-09 11:51 AM


this certainly does bring back memories...hugs
Cloud 9
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8 posted 2005-05-09 12:42 PM


This is a different you, but, I like anything you write. Sorry about your loss.
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