| Before They Are Forever Banned |
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| Written by Chris Floyd | ||||||||||||
| Thursday, 24 December 2009 01:17 | ||||||||||||
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Just asking ... still asking ....
Feliz navidad, y'all. Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites
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NomNomNom
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... Nice! I just love Bob. Have a great holiday & thx for the blog. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7yEb-yC4zY |
Art James, bebop-o, GoodCelery!
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Chris Floyd. Hi You. ... aiku .... "I" ... ... 'just asking'... Thanks, Chris Floyd. PREPAREDNESS-- by someone. E. Markham For all your days prepare, And meet them ever alike:` When you are the anvil, bear-- When you are the hammer, strike. (I just wanted to wish you `ealth. "H.") (Raise hell. Be at peace. Health. Heart) (Who knows what to say? Just asking.) - Haiku ? I left out the "H" and say`aiku. That's silly ? aiku sounds like "I like you." Haiku conventionally leaves out the "I." Haiku usually leaves out the word "I." The idea is to evoke Nature in lyrics. Urban America is self-centered. "I." So- Write with a "I" in three line. "I." ` I. I am borrowing from deconstruction. I know nothing about deconstruction. I use a "I." a subject. So- "I." say aiku. Hi. - Patsy Cline / Jacque Derrida say aiku. I say Hi. on a topic of deconstruction. ` "I." It makes sense I like what William Wadsworth wrote:` ` - I fall to pieces Every time I go Par- is. Dare I do this? - huh? I Hope you ear cookies. |
Grandma Jefferson
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Merry Xmas....A Step Back ...and a few words from Dickens, who knew all too well... "Are there no prisons?" asked Scrooge. "Plenty of prisons," said the gentleman, laying down the pen again. "And the Union workhouses?" demanded Scrooge. "Are they still in operation?" "They are. Still," returned the gentleman, "I wish I could say they were not." "The Treadmill and the Poor Law are in full vigour, then?" said Scrooge. "Both very busy, sir." "Oh! I was afraid, from what you said at first, that something had occurred to stop them in their useful course," said Scrooge. "I'm very glad to hear it." "Under the impression that they scarcely furnish Christian cheer of mind or body to the multitude," returned the gentleman, "a few of us are endeavouring to raise a fund to buy the Poor some meat and drink, and means of warmth. We choose this time, because it is a time, of all others, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices. What shall I put you down for?" "Nothing!" Scrooge replied. "You wish to be anonymous?" "I wish to be left alone," said Scrooge. "Since you ask me what I wish, gentlemen, that is my answer. I don't make merry myself at Christmas and I can't afford to make idle people merry. I help to support the establishments I have mentioned--they cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there." "Many can't go there; and many would rather die." "If they would rather die," said Scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population. Besides--excuse me--I don't know that." "But you might know it," observed the gentleman. "It's not my business," Scrooge returned. "It's enough for a man to understand his own business, and not to interfere with other people's. Mine occupies me constantly. Good afternoon, gentlemen!" And Marley's Ghost later said. "Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!" Sadly, Marley had to die to sort that bit out. He'd say the same today, where Scrooge still runs the show, with no sign of benevolent spirits anywhere to deter him. But Happy Holidays to all here and their families, and let's lift a glass to Chris for keeping this peerless space, and light, for us all. But then, Mankind is his business. |
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