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  The lazy mans way to start a new O.P.

  by The Rebel in

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  hope you are understanding, if i shorten a reply i made on another thread and make it an o.p.. i honestly believe, we are all here as writers creating our small masterpieces.

  i believe each of our posts brings light to the air of who we really are.

  this forum is our form of artistic expression which we were denied in the organisation.

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  Greetings, The Rebel:

  Thank you for what you wrote back to me on the thread about who we were and who we are. Somehow, what you have expressed there and here on this new thread has helped me put my own writing in perspective. This is not a writers' forum per se, but all our contributions have value.

  Not so many years back, we had many threads of stories and poetry -- and commentary. I miss that.

  I appreciate what you are doing. As others have told me not to stop writing, I say the same to you!

  Best regards . . .
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  Jehovah's Witnesses: the Brotherhood of Delusion

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  i am a curious person.

  i am challenged by the unknown.

  i can be driven, out of sheer frustration, to penetrate a closed veil of conspiracy.

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  Thanks, Terry:

  I saw both The Illusionist and The Prestige.

  I preferred the former because of its romantic and atmospheric elements. So much, it seemed, went unexplained, which is how I like it. I saw it many times.

  The Prestige was stimulating intellectually, but left me cold on an emotional level.

  Cheerio . . .
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  Cannot Access My Posts

  by steve2 in

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  coinciding with the arrival of the hottest tab (but don't know if it's related), i can no longer call up my posts.

  instead, i get a message "bad request".

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  I've always been a good boy and it disconcerts me that I'm told my request is bad . . .
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  No Longer Do I Fear the Night

  by compound complex in

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  no longer do i fear the night.i move about, yet unnoticed, toeyes that once sent daggers.

  and to ears that heard the worstbut never the best of who i was.. dark is good; it hides the shapethat i've become and shields mefrom scolding tongues of hateful.

  men who themselves are immuneto the little pains of folk like me.. i love the shadows but haunt theday, to remind myself that light hasworth but no more a place for me..

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  Thanks, Terry!

  I'm gonna have to get a cat first, then I'll let you know!

  Regards . . .
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  No Longer Do I Fear the Night

  by compound complex in

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  no longer do i fear the night.i move about, yet unnoticed, toeyes that once sent daggers.

  and to ears that heard the worstbut never the best of who i was.. dark is good; it hides the shapethat i've become and shields mefrom scolding tongues of hateful.

  men who themselves are immuneto the little pains of folk like me.. i love the shadows but haunt theday, to remind myself that light hasworth but no more a place for me..

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  NO LONGER do I fear the night.
  I move about, yet unnoticed, to
  eyes that once sent daggers

  And to ears that heard the worst
  but never the best of who I was.

  Dark is good; it hides the shape
  that I've become and shields me
  from scolding tongues of hateful
  

  Men who themselves are immune
  to the little pains of folk like me.

  I love the shadows but haunt the
  day, to remind myself that light has
  worth but no more a place for me.
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  Describe your witness self, then describe yourself now.

  by The Rebel in

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  my witness self :-very hollow, slightly lofty, characteristically judgemental, overwhelmingly convincing.. my non-witness self:- and in my imperfect way no longer taking the passive attitude to reality, and most importantly no longer feeling an outsider with my " true" friends..

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  Greetings, The Rebel:

  Far too many things to write out in full at this time. Most important, however, I would say I feel less entitled. Because of what I did and who I was, a great deal of attention came my way. This forum has become, for me, a level playing field. Self-importance and our so-called accomplishments mean nothing. Not to say that our fellow posters are insensitive to who we are and what we do.

  When, on a particular occasion, I was feeling down regarding my poetry as posted here on the forum, you -- The Rebel -- were the only one (I recall) that commented with kind, encouraging words.

  My point: Last night I said to heck with this 10-year total anonymity streak. I plucked up my courage and posted a photo, the one of the sad and contemplative poet. And there you, too, were with your lovely family! I instantly felt a kinship with what had been the faceless The Rebel now become a real person. As a result, I feel that I have grown -- for the better -- in less than the last 24 hours.

  THANK YOU, The Rebel!
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  You Have Left Me

  by compound complex in

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  you have left me.. .

  it may as well be the moon where you have taken up residence.. .

  i gaze upon beauty supernal -- heaven's vault -- and imagine you there, on the moon, a speck upon the bright and glassy plate of a night sky.

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  That you were!!!

  
  
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  You Have Left Me

  by compound complex in

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  you have left me.. .

  it may as well be the moon where you have taken up residence.. .

  i gaze upon beauty supernal -- heaven's vault -- and imagine you there, on the moon, a speck upon the bright and glassy plate of a night sky.

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  So very good, Nancy!

  I was inspired by the new movie, YOUTH, to write the second piece. Michael Caine, Jane Fonda . . .

  Best
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  Off On A Trip - But Little Enthusiam

  by Joe Grundy in

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  never was a jw, but been here a long time.. off on a trip in a week or so, uk to andorra to stay with a friend for 10 days or so (beautiful place) then a week or so wending through france back home.. did the same trip the last couple of years -it was wonderful.

  met some lovely people, including an ex-polce woman over coffees and calvados after dinner.. but ... i don't feel so enthusiastic about this trip.

  i'll visit the cathar sites and other places.. maybe- just maybe - i've come to the conclusion that these trips are not as much fun if you don't have a companion to share it with..

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  But I understood you, mon ami!

  Merci!
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  Off On A Trip - But Little Enthusiam

  by Joe Grundy in

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  never was a jw, but been here a long time.. off on a trip in a week or so, uk to andorra to stay with a friend for 10 days or so (beautiful place) then a week or so wending through france back home.. did the same trip the last couple of years -it was wonderful.

  met some lovely people, including an ex-polce woman over coffees and calvados after dinner.. but ... i don't feel so enthusiastic about this trip.

  i'll visit the cathar sites and other places.. maybe- just maybe - i've come to the conclusion that these trips are not as much fun if you don't have a companion to share it with..

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  I appreciate your sentiments and the opportunity to talk, Joe, as we have never conversed before.

  Alone for 16 years, I see both sides, as herein expressed, to the matter. My family is from Alsace-Lorraine, and it would be wonderful to visit my roots. It's all I can do nowadays, however, to prepare for a 200-mile trip for my 50th HS reunion.

  Do you speak French?

  Bien des choses de ma part . . .