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Topic: The Upper Hand
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PlutoSquared Moderator Posts: 4328 From: Mars Registered: Aug 2010
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posted May 04, 2011 12:56 AM
All emotions have come Together Arm in arm A thick, grey mud Loud, vulgar, and coarse Spun round Merrily fast, faster And faster and fast as the thoughts That wait for the day, or hour, or minute To pick one and settle down. I will wait. Right now, You are specters In a kaleidoscope Shadows on clouds And, nothing is real. There's the black tar ocean with its moaning whale. There's the shaky soldier sleeping on his gun. The w**** runs between two trees in her bare feet An angry mob is churning By the telephones. And, your beautiful face Lays in the grass, The devil with the upper hand.IP: Logged |
Mblake81 Knowflake Posts: 1380 From: Registered: Aug 2010
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posted May 04, 2011 10:21 AM
Hi Ps, What inspired this poem?IP: Logged |
PlutoSquared Moderator Posts: 4328 From: Mars Registered: Aug 2010
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posted May 04, 2011 10:41 AM
Mblake,Without getting too specific... panic. IP: Logged |
Mblake81 Knowflake Posts: 1380 From: Registered: Aug 2010
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posted May 04, 2011 09:11 PM
Id like to share a series I used to read. I liked the deathlands books because they filled me with some strange sense of awe, I never did get into the outlanders series. I honestly had two banana boxes full of these books. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathlands The Deathlands is a series of novels published by Gold Eagle Publishing. The first novel 'Pilgrimage to Hell' was first published in 1986. This series of novels was first written by Christopher Lowder, under the pen name 'Jack Adrian'. Mr. Lowder became ill after developing the plot and writing most of the book. Laurence James, under the pen name 'James Axler' then finished the story.The series exists in both an episodic style and a series format. Some of the novels can be read out of order yet others are dependent on the previous release. There are also a few trilogy sets within the series. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAT-TRANS MAT-TRANS is short for Matter-Transmitter, a teleporter used as a plot device in James Axler's Deathlands and Outlanders series. The device is typically a six-sided room with walls, floor and ceiling made of "armaglass", a likely fictitious type of glass which is very difficult to break or shatter. Each one is usually a different color from the others. There is a single door in this room made of vanadium steel. The entire chamber is difficult to destroy or damage due to the high level of armoring of the walls and door, but accidents have been known to happen, and the characters, especially in Deathlands, express a fear of coming out of a transporter that is a mile underwater, or buried under a thousand tons of rock. They've come very close in the past. Here is an audio book from #50 I think. A redoubt was a military installation that contained a MAT-TRANS unit in the basement usually. Also infested by mutated monsters, On another planet, In a space station, and many other places. Most books start off leaving in a mat-trans in a hurry, or coming in to one in a very bad place. Sometimes good, The sun shines on a dog's tail from time to time eh? *WARNING* Contains mature content. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chrQwmysIaM Book cover from that audio book, Another cover, Oh, The united states is a nuclear wasteland filled with mutated creatures, the bugs are sometimes described to be that big and usually dangerous to humans. The covers were normally well done.
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PlutoSquared Moderator Posts: 4328 From: Mars Registered: Aug 2010
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posted May 05, 2011 12:34 AM
Thanks for sharing, I'll look over these and tell you what I think.IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 8233 From: The Goober Galaxy Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 05, 2011 11:13 AM
Did you think you were pregnant? What word got censored?------------------ "Everything I eat has been proved by some doctor or other to be a deadly poison, and everything I don't eat has been proved to be indispensable for life. But I go marching on."--George Bernard Shaw IP: Logged |
PlutoSquared Moderator Posts: 4328 From: Mars Registered: Aug 2010
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posted May 05, 2011 11:58 AM
quote: Originally posted by Randall: Did you think you were pregnant? What word got censored?
Hahaha... w h o r e That should work. I use profanity in poetry when it's relevant to expressing a certain tone or emotion... Apologies if that's offensive My poetry is pure emotional expression. And, no Randall, your conclusion for this poem (I was not worrying about pregnancy, but you're not too far off, at all). I meant to tell you that I think some of your conclusions about things are strikingly perceptive, and wonder if that's the effect of your Pluto in 1st house... it's really, really cool what you're able to see. Anyways, poem is open for your interpretation. Glad it's sparking at least curiosity. I need to add some meat to this one, though. IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 8233 From: The Goober Galaxy Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 06, 2011 11:41 AM
Yeah, Pluto allows me to see beneath the surface. Unfortunately, it also forces people to reveal their true selves around me, and it has ripped the masks off and revealed a few crazies on this site from time to time.------------------ "Everything I eat has been proved by some doctor or other to be a deadly poison, and everything I don't eat has been proved to be indispensable for life. But I go marching on."--George Bernard Shaw IP: Logged |
PlutoSquared Moderator Posts: 4328 From: Mars Registered: Aug 2010
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posted May 06, 2011 11:48 AM
quote: Originally posted by Randall: Yeah, Pluto allows me to see beneath the surface. Unfortunately, it also forces people to reveal their true selves around me, and it has ripped the masks off and revealed a few crazies on this site from time to time.
Well, I'm certainly crazy on the surface... maybe under my mask I'm sane? Just food for thought Haha.
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Randall Webmaster Posts: 8233 From: The Goober Galaxy Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 06, 2011 03:07 PM
Yeah, you're sane.------------------ "Everything I eat has been proved by some doctor or other to be a deadly poison, and everything I don't eat has been proved to be indispensable for life. But I go marching on."--George Bernard Shaw IP: Logged |
Quinnie Knowflake Posts: 1202 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 06, 2011 06:37 PM
I love this line....."Spun round Merrily fast, faster And faster and fast as the thoughts That wait for the day, or hour, or minute To pick one and settle down. "Sounds like emotional centrifugation! IP: Logged |
PlutoSquared Moderator Posts: 4328 From: Mars Registered: Aug 2010
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posted May 06, 2011 06:43 PM
quote: Originally posted by Quinnie: Sounds like emotional centrifugation!
Wow, great comparison, Quinnie. IP: Logged |
Mblake81 Knowflake Posts: 1380 From: Registered: Aug 2010
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posted May 08, 2011 09:00 AM
Hey Pluto, lets go do this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KQvzlkQaAI Flat-Top Paramotor. This guy makes it look too easy, under five minutes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlbQ0xbbpOQ&feature=related IP: Logged |
PlutoSquared Moderator Posts: 4328 From: Mars Registered: Aug 2010
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posted May 08, 2011 10:54 AM
Hahaha, now you're talking my language OK... I'm totally up for trying that! IP: Logged |
PlutoSquared Moderator Posts: 4328 From: Mars Registered: Aug 2010
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posted May 08, 2011 10:55 AM
Who's driving, though? After getting to the part where he flys on the bridge, I think it's best if there's one vehicle per... haha... I would not be pulling any tricks through concrete blocks or under bridges, I don't think... at first... IP: Logged |
Cancer/Scorpio729 Moderator Posts: 710 From: 6,000 feet above sea level Registered: Feb 2010
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posted May 08, 2011 03:20 PM
I think this poem is fascinating. I can relate."And, you beautiful face Lays in the grass, The devil with the upper hand." If you don't mind me asking, who/what were you referring to here? IP: Logged |
Mblake81 Knowflake Posts: 1380 From: Registered: Aug 2010
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posted May 08, 2011 04:14 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhB5q3ZR_Rw&feature=related IP: Logged |
PlutoSquared Moderator Posts: 4328 From: Mars Registered: Aug 2010
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posted May 08, 2011 08:39 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUuUlSKCecY IP: Logged |
PlutoSquared Moderator Posts: 4328 From: Mars Registered: Aug 2010
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posted May 08, 2011 08:50 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kUeK0Uobvs&feature=related IP: Logged |
PlutoSquared Moderator Posts: 4328 From: Mars Registered: Aug 2010
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posted May 08, 2011 09:38 PM
quote: Originally posted by Cancer/Scorpio729: If you don't mind me asking, who/what were you referring to here?
Cancer/Scorpio, I think this part is revealing a factor of the chaos - at least, from my intended point of view. There's a bit of symbolic reaction, symbolic characters, and the one main character that plays a role - the one with the beautiful face, laying in the grass... the one with the "upper hand". This person is a real cause of emotional chaos. IP: Logged |
Cancer/Scorpio729 Moderator Posts: 710 From: 6,000 feet above sea level Registered: Feb 2010
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posted May 08, 2011 10:01 PM
quote: Originally posted by PlutoSquared: Cancer/Scorpio, I think this part is revealing a factor of the chaos - at least, from my intended point of view.There's a bit of symbolic reaction, symbolic characters, and the one main character that plays a role - the one with the beautiful face, laying in the grass... the one with the "upper hand". This person is a real cause of emotional chaos.
Ohh, ok gotcha. I like it IP: Logged |
Mblake81 Knowflake Posts: 1380 From: Registered: Aug 2010
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posted May 09, 2011 08:07 AM
This did not size correctly, oh well here is a website. http://relaxedfocus.blogspot.com/2011/04/dear-human-you-are-tiny-speck.html IP: Logged |
PlutoSquared Moderator Posts: 4328 From: Mars Registered: Aug 2010
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posted May 09, 2011 10:30 PM
Mblake,That was a great comic... I don't usually like comics, but it was really smart. IP: Logged |
Mblake81 Knowflake Posts: 1380 From: Registered: Aug 2010
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posted May 10, 2011 08:06 AM
I gotta find something to cheer me up today, feeling a bit low.Maybe its just been the heat. A trip to the steak house and perhaps go swimming this weekend would do me some good. work work work. IP: Logged |
PlutoSquared Moderator Posts: 4328 From: Mars Registered: Aug 2010
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posted May 10, 2011 12:57 PM
quote: Originally posted by Mblake81: I gotta find something to cheer me up today, feeling a bit low.Maybe its just been the heat. A trip to the steak house and perhaps go swimming this weekend would do me some good. work work work.
Steak and swimming??? Mblake... you should call off of work! Haha. IP: Logged |