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Read More(1983) …I’m running scared, I’m running fast, I’m running for my lifeWhile soldiers fire from the left and rebels shoot from the rightThe sound of death is a deafening boom from all the bloody strifeBut as a nine-year-old boy, it...
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Thank you Damian.
It’s an impressionable memory that still seems vivid in my mind from time to time. Either way, I’m glad to be here and share with others.
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This had my heart pounding for you. That is something I would never want for anyone to experience in their lives. It does happen though.
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Hi Fia,
It all happened so fast and yet the memory of it is still fresh in my mind after so many years. Now that I read books and stories I’m baffled at how bad (or worse) it was for others. There is a movie coming out later this year about one of these massacres. I wrote a piece about it while at DU but I know the movie will tell the heartbreaking story in detail.
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Sometimes I’m a little partial to war and the suffering because of it. The futility of the common soldier and civilians. it’s never glamorous and never without suffrage. You wrote it well.
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Thank you so much Styxian.
The damage it does to people as a society has long lasting consequences. As I was telling Fia in the previous comment, the movie coming out later this year will tell more of the stories. We must always learn our history to see where we’ve been so we see the signs ahead.
Hope you’re doing well.
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Read MoreEach verse I pen and then disperse out into the universe and the unknownThey carry a little part of me with heart and soul that’s beyond flesh and boneBut they return with an echo from the voices of others...
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Nice write Wally
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Thank you very much Peter. I appreciate your comment.
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![Profile picture of Damian DeadLove]()
Beautifully penned, Wally. Excellent write my friend. The life of a writer is never boring. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Thank you very much Damian. It’s our never ending search for the perfect words, which is an exciting journey.
Hope you’re doing well.
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Really enjoyed this. You wrote what a home should be. Thank you.
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Thank you very much Fia. For some it takes a while, but the names and camaraderie we build gives us that comfort we seek in like minded writers and poets.
Hope you’re doing well.
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Thank you Tim, I think you really narrowed it down. I remember being shy so many years ago and then I felt comfortable sharing. It’s been a journey for many of us and now we found this place that does feel like home.
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Read MoreI’ve been winter whining, pining for the sun to come outI’m tired of fog advisories with even more chance of rainAnd when the cold hits my old bones it’s like I’m chasing cloutVomiting sick rhymes which are primal vital...
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Cleverly penned, Wally. Excellent write my friend. You had a couple of typo’s:
“Thus, I take up this quill and spill the ink to past the time” I think you mean “pass”
“Bu it’s fitting” this is the other.
Appreciate you
Damian
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Thanks for the heads up Damian. I’m a little rusty since I’m just getting back to writing.
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The Cailleach’s time of year is indeed a difficult one for many of us, my friend. When the sky refuses to wear that magnetic blue I love, I regrettably find myself “Winter Whining” as well haha. Your writing style and images here are akin to a cheekier Robert Louis Stevenson. Thank you for superbly poetizing your winter woes!
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Thank you very much Clay, I appreciate your comment.
The weather in the Central valley of California has been pretty much the same. I can count the number of sunny days from the past 3 months and the morning fog seems to get worse. But either way, it allows me to observe and express this “seasonal depression” which isn’t too bad.
Hope you’re doing well.
W
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Oh boy, do I relate to this one! I would say spring is coming, but there’s 2 things about that…allergies if it does come; and no guarantee it will. We’ve talked our environment to the point that nothing is solid and predictable. I totally get this one
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Yeah, the allergies are a pain. I love winter and spring (the summers are too hot where I live) and the spring only lasts for a couple of weeks before the heat takes over.
Thank you for stopping by for a read and do hope you’re doing well.
W
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I wait everyday for just a peak at the sun I get depressed on the grey days great write ❤️
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Same crim. The fog has been really bad lately, I had to drive slower in the morning on the way to work.
Hope all is well.
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Sorry to hear you’ve been sick. This weather can be so difficult for some of us, but I know the California weather doesn’t compare to the harshness everyone has been experiencing everywhere else. Hope you’re feeling better by now.
W
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Read MoreAnd so it was, when the big pig had seized powerHe asked his followers to swear allegiance to himAnd the baldheaded big wigs - within the same hourKnelt and kissed his ring, without thinking, in a whim Though many animals...
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“Because some are more loyal than others. ” I think more are easier to break and make them follow than being loyal. I read animal farm. I like the use of the idea here
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Thank you Fia. Yes the loyal part also works. I just re-read sometime ago and I was watching a drum corps program that dealt with the same issue about being equal, so that theme stuck with me.
Always appreciate your comments and hope you have a wonderful new year.
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Powerfully penned, Wally. Excellent write my friend. Sabbath and Floyd I dig that. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Thank you Damian.
Yes, the pig theme from the music and the book (along with the image) just felt like they all tied together in a way.
Hope you have a great new year sir.
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Excellent. I think I know of this pig and his followers. There may be other interpretations, but I gravitate toward the one that has this swine in the highest of high positions. I shall try to eat more fish.
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Greetings Sam, yes you are exactly correct, let alone the latest comment made toward a woman by calling her just that. I think the majority of us feel this frustration (and anger), anxiety just to name a few.
Hope you have a great new year.
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Powerfully penned, Wally. A very heartfelt write my friend. Thanks so much for sharing. Appreciate you.
Damian