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  Restless Days and Nights

  by compound complex in

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  it is a bad time to be awake;.

  i see things i do not wish to see.. i have feelings i do not wish to feel.. if i could return to sleep, the deception.

  of sweet slumber would assure that even a. nightmare might offer an escape, escape from.

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  Thank you, LevelThePlayingField:

  Your wit shines like a beacon through your well-chosen verse. Please, write more!

  MissFit:

  Oh, yes! A dream within a dream! So real, I believe that I'm "there"! Although in exaggerated surroundings, my recurring dreams center around my time pioneering in the Midwest (USA) and that attending conventions. Frequently, I am lost in a parking lot, on a street. The settings are surreal (as mentioned, "exaggerated") and waking up from the dream -- whether or not within another dream -- is often a letdown, while I adjust uneasily to the unpredictability of another day.

  Not much control over our dreams, right?

  I appreciate your comments on my writing!
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  Restless Days and Nights

  by compound complex in

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  it is a bad time to be awake;.

  i see things i do not wish to see.. i have feelings i do not wish to feel.. if i could return to sleep, the deception.

  of sweet slumber would assure that even a. nightmare might offer an escape, escape from.

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  Thank you, MissFit, for your thoughts -- they are right on point.

  Some is literal, some symbolic. Life can be a nightmare as we stumble along, awake, but wishing for the escape of sleep. Yet, during slumber, daytime realities seep into our "sweet" sleep, distorted and phantom-like. Please, please . . . let me wake up!

  Then, our eyes open, we awaken to the good, bad, ugly. From our former faith? In large measure, yes.

  Actually, what you wrote was great; my doodles here are superfluous.

  Best Wishes.
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  I have just watched The Godfather movies 1,2 &3 this past week.

  by smiddy in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  many years ago i had only seen the third movie and had never seen the first two for some reason ,so i saw them on stan this past week and enjoyed every second of it.. their were even occasions i could see the gb being depicted in it s portrayal of the rc church... its 45th anniversary is coming up this week since it was first shown in cinemas.

  what is your view of this trilogy ?

  what were your fav .moments , comments made in the movies?.

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  I'VE GOT YOUR BACK!

  
  
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  I have just watched The Godfather movies 1,2 &3 this past week.

  by smiddy in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  many years ago i had only seen the third movie and had never seen the first two for some reason ,so i saw them on stan this past week and enjoyed every second of it.. their were even occasions i could see the gb being depicted in it s portrayal of the rc church... its 45th anniversary is coming up this week since it was first shown in cinemas.

  what is your view of this trilogy ?

  what were your fav .moments , comments made in the movies?.

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  compound complex

  THE GUN? THE CANNOLI?

  CoCo, in Johnny Dangerously, the play.

  
  
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  Restless Days and Nights

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
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  it is a bad time to be awake;.

  i see things i do not wish to see.. i have feelings i do not wish to feel.. if i could return to sleep, the deception.

  of sweet slumber would assure that even a. nightmare might offer an escape, escape from.

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  compound complex

  Thanks, Nancy Drew:

  I'll take pizza, in any way, shape, form . . .
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  ABC News Australia Report: Jehovah's Witnesses accused of failing to adopt abuse inquiry recommendations

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5wn5hfmeas.

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  Close captioning . . .
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  "You know that the Memorial is April 11 right?"

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  ah, yes, so mid-way through a conversation about work, a family member just had to say "oh, you know the memorial is tuesday april 11, so i guess you will have to schedule your work so you can make it right?".

  i simply said "oh is it?

  " and then went back to what we were talking about.. has anyone else had the pressure to attend put on them?.

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  Greetings, inquiring friends:

  It's too painful to explain, in detail, publicly: it concerned the elders' misunderstanding of a legal matter involving me.

  I could have stayed but was uninformed about my rights. If I had gone to another memorial, where the Bethel brother gave the talk, I would have been welcomed heartily. However, I would not have known the dismissal was unjustified.

  The elders were afraid of something happening similar to what Blondie wrote about, i.e., a "scene."
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  "You know that the Memorial is April 11 right?"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ah, yes, so mid-way through a conversation about work, a family member just had to say "oh, you know the memorial is tuesday april 11, so i guess you will have to schedule your work so you can make it right?".

  i simply said "oh is it?

  " and then went back to what we were talking about.. has anyone else had the pressure to attend put on them?.

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  Several years ago, while a member in good standing, I was asked to leave the Memorial. I was crushed and went home. A brother from Bethel was in attendance at another local KH and, upon learning what had happened, said I was not the one who should have been told to leave.
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  Restless Days and Nights

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it is a bad time to be awake;.

  i see things i do not wish to see.. i have feelings i do not wish to feel.. if i could return to sleep, the deception.

  of sweet slumber would assure that even a. nightmare might offer an escape, escape from.

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  zeb, smiddy, and bobcat:

  Thanks much for your thoughts and questions.

  Re "shaken but never stirred," unbridled and unapologetic poetic license! I appreciated Perry's scriptural reminders of what I once firmly believed and felt. Yes, deliberate stair-step formatting (had to choose my words accordingly).

  Best Wishes and sweet dreams!
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  More on Punctuation

  by compound complex in

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  2. child-abuse

  jd souther ... is most widely known for his part in writing somber, elegiac songs that the eagles and linda ronstadt made famous, such as "new kid in town," heartache tonight," and "faithless love.

  " the new yorker, february 13 & 20, 2012, troubadour, page 36.. .

  "i've never made a record in new york, start to finish," he went on.

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  Vidiot:

  End stop and inverted commas for those friends across the Pond!

  Thanks!