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 by: General-Zod - Fri, 27 May 2022 20:45 UTC

Will Dockery wrote:
> Zod wrote:
>> Will Dockery wrote:
>
>>> Twelve Efforts
>>>
>>> Come along now
>>> come along.
>>> Come along now
>>> go slowly.
>>>
>>> Now
>>> we are like stone figures
>>> setting a place
>>> in history.
>>>
>>> We had one shot
>>> to get out of
>>> Cabbage Town
>>> on crutches in the sand.
>>>
>>> Still dancing
>>> under electric skies.
>>>
>>> Old Scratch
>>> kept it all
>>> within reason.
>>>
>>> Exit
>>> step back.
>>>
>>> Let the street side
>>> melodrama play out.
>>>
>>> I must have been
>>> on a bland ego trip.
>>>
>>> What task was I
>>> set up for next?
>>>
>>> He was displayed
>>> sitting with the crowd,
>>> like a stranger
>>> in an even stranger land.
>>>
>>> That Summer
>>> left me feeling young
>>> and I was young.
>>>
>>> I had
>>> more notches to carve.
>>>
>>> Jump cut back
>>> to Springtime.
>>>
>>> The refreshing wind
>>> when I tried to hide.
>>>
>>> It was
>>> morning in America
>>> all the way.
>>>
>>> so we took it back
>>> to the start.
>>>
>>> Throw in some
>>> Rolling Stones machismo
>>> or a touch of Brando.
>>>
>>> Like a jungle adventure
>>> taken from my era
>>> took a moment
>>> to come to realize.
>>>
>>> To last
>>> through
>>> twelve efforts
>>> weed thoughts
>>> sure do
>>> tax my mind.
>>>
>>> That will be an effort
>>> we were
>>> like the lost ones
>>> leading the blind.
>>>
>>> Doomed us every day
>>> Shiver's bird
>>> was tossed.
>>>
>>> She could have been
>>> someone's mother
>>> but she sure was dosed.
>>>
>>> I was with Rita
>>> who was one of my
>>> favorite flames.
>>>
>>> Up on the hill
>>> with her breakfast coffee.
>>>
>>> Sure loved the way
>>> she played
>>> the numbers games.
>>>
>>> We do not know
>>> where he went
>>> not even his brother
>>> had a clue.
>>>
>>> We don't know
>>> where he went.
>>>
>>> All up in alms
>>> repeat the 23rd Psalms.
>>>
>>> All this great crass
>>> rejuvenating effort
>>> making a last
>>> slightly late retort.
>>>
>>> All of us
>>> laughing
>>> down the avenue.
>>>
>>> In that humid
>>> spaced out
>>> Summer of 1982.
>>>
>>> Hercules Shiver
>>> you were right
>>> this is true.
>>>
>>> Auto writing
>>> for the myth
>>> from the muse.
>>>
>>> I made it just along the trail
>>> court and spark
>>> on a Saturday afternoon.
>>>
>>> As the world sleeps
>>> nothing seems
>>> to be moving.
>>>
>>> But that would
>>> have to be
>>> incorrect.
>>>
>>> I have not decided
>>> if you are real
>>> or just a figment
>>> from a fever dream.
>>>
>>> With wind
>>> from the East
>>> and a chill
>>> not right for June.
>>>
>>> The night shines
>>> and the torch lamp
>>> glows
>>> out there
>>> down the hill.
>>>
>>> Will you prefer
>>> a lucky gnome
>>> who was
>>> not so sentimental?
>>>
>>> -Will Dockery / June 12 2020
>>
>> The more I read it, it is looking like one of your best Doc...

> Thanks for the positive feedback, Zod.

> :)

Another read, a great FAVE of mine, stupendous poem, Doc....

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 by: Will Dockery - Sun, 19 Jun 2022 14:54 UTC

On Friday, May 27, 2022 at 4:50:17 PM UTC-4, Zod wrote:
> Will Dockery wrote:
> > Zod wrote:
> >> Will Dockery wrote:
> >
> >>> Twelve Efforts
> >>>
> >>> Come along now
> >>> come along.
> >>> Come along now
> >>> go slowly.
> >>>
> >>> Now
> >>> we are like stone figures
> >>> setting a place
> >>> in history.
> >>>
> >>> We had one shot
> >>> to get out of
> >>> Cabbage Town
> >>> on crutches in the sand.
> >>>
> >>> Still dancing
> >>> under electric skies.
> >>>
> >>> Old Scratch
> >>> kept it all
> >>> within reason.
> >>>
> >>> Exit
> >>> step back.
> >>>
> >>> Let the street side
> >>> melodrama play out.
> >>>
> >>> I must have been
> >>> on a bland ego trip.
> >>>
> >>> What task was I
> >>> set up for next?
> >>>
> >>> He was displayed
> >>> sitting with the crowd,
> >>> like a stranger
> >>> in an even stranger land.
> >>>
> >>> That Summer
> >>> left me feeling young
> >>> and I was young.
> >>>
> >>> I had
> >>> more notches to carve.
> >>>
> >>> Jump cut back
> >>> to Springtime.
> >>>
> >>> The refreshing wind
> >>> when I tried to hide.
> >>>
> >>> It was
> >>> morning in America
> >>> all the way.
> >>>
> >>> so we took it back
> >>> to the start.
> >>>
> >>> Throw in some
> >>> Rolling Stones machismo
> >>> or a touch of Brando.
> >>>
> >>> Like a jungle adventure
> >>> taken from my era
> >>> took a moment
> >>> to come to realize.
> >>>
> >>> To last
> >>> through
> >>> twelve efforts
> >>> weed thoughts
> >>> sure do
> >>> tax my mind.
> >>>
> >>> That will be an effort
> >>> we were
> >>> like the lost ones
> >>> leading the blind.
> >>>
> >>> Doomed us every day
> >>> Shiver's bird
> >>> was tossed.
> >>>
> >>> She could have been
> >>> someone's mother
> >>> but she sure was dosed.
> >>>
> >>> I was with Rita
> >>> who was one of my
> >>> favorite flames.
> >>>
> >>> Up on the hill
> >>> with her breakfast coffee.
> >>>
> >>> Sure loved the way
> >>> she played
> >>> the numbers games.
> >>>
> >>> We do not know
> >>> where he went
> >>> not even his brother
> >>> had a clue.
> >>>
> >>> We don't know
> >>> where he went.
> >>>
> >>> All up in alms
> >>> repeat the 23rd Psalms.
> >>>
> >>> All this great crass
> >>> rejuvenating effort
> >>> making a last
> >>> slightly late retort.
> >>>
> >>> All of us
> >>> laughing
> >>> down the avenue.
> >>>
> >>> In that humid
> >>> spaced out
> >>> Summer of 1982.
> >>>
> >>> Hercules Shiver
> >>> you were right
> >>> this is true.
> >>>
> >>> Auto writing
> >>> for the myth
> >>> from the muse.
> >>>
> >>> I made it just along the trail
> >>> court and spark
> >>> on a Saturday afternoon.
> >>>
> >>> As the world sleeps
> >>> nothing seems
> >>> to be moving.
> >>>
> >>> But that would
> >>> have to be
> >>> incorrect.
> >>>
> >>> I have not decided
> >>> if you are real
> >>> or just a figment
> >>> from a fever dream.
> >>>
> >>> With wind
> >>> from the East
> >>> and a chill
> >>> not right for June.
> >>>
> >>> The night shines
> >>> and the torch lamp
> >>> glows
> >>> out there
> >>> down the hill.
> >>>
> >>> Will you prefer
> >>> a lucky gnome
> >>> who was
> >>> not so sentimental?
> >>>
> >>> -Will Dockery / June 12 2020
> >>
> >> The more I read it, it is looking like one of your best Doc...
>
> > Thanks for the positive feedback, Zod.
>
> > :)
>
> Another read, a great FAVE of mine, stupendous poem, Doc....

Good morning, and thanks again for reading and commenting, my friend.

🙂

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Zod wrote:
> Will Dockery wrote:
>
>> >>> Twelve Efforts
>> >>>
>> >>> Come along now
>> >>> come along.
>> >>> Come along now
>> >>> go slowly.
>> >>>
>> >>> Now
>> >>> we are like stone figures
>> >>> setting a place
>> >>> in history.
>> >>>
>> >>> We had one shot
>> >>> to get out of
>> >>> Cabbage Town
>> >>> on crutches in the sand.
>> >>>
>> >>> Still dancing
>> >>> under electric skies.
>> >>>
>> >>> Old Scratch
>> >>> kept it all
>> >>> within reason.
>> >>>
>> >>> Exit
>> >>> step back.
>> >>>
>> >>> Let the street side
>> >>> melodrama play out.
>> >>>
>> >>> I must have been
>> >>> on a bland ego trip.
>> >>>
>> >>> What task was I
>> >>> set up for next?
>> >>>
>> >>> He was displayed
>> >>> sitting with the crowd,
>> >>> like a stranger
>> >>> in an even stranger land.
>> >>>
>> >>> That Summer
>> >>> left me feeling young
>> >>> and I was young.
>> >>>
>> >>> I had
>> >>> more notches to carve.
>> >>>
>> >>> Jump cut back
>> >>> to Springtime.
>> >>>
>> >>> The refreshing wind
>> >>> when I tried to hide.
>> >>>
>> >>> It was
>> >>> morning in America
>> >>> all the way.
>> >>>
>> >>> so we took it back
>> >>> to the start.
>> >>>
>> >>> Throw in some
>> >>> Rolling Stones machismo
>> >>> or a touch of Brando.
>> >>>
>> >>> Like a jungle adventure
>> >>> taken from my era
>> >>> took a moment
>> >>> to come to realize.
>> >>>
>> >>> To last
>> >>> through
>> >>> twelve efforts
>> >>> weed thoughts
>> >>> sure do
>> >>> tax my mind.
>> >>>
>> >>> That will be an effort
>> >>> we were
>> >>> like the lost ones
>> >>> leading the blind.
>> >>>
>> >>> Doomed us every day
>> >>> Shiver's bird
>> >>> was tossed.
>> >>>
>> >>> She could have been
>> >>> someone's mother
>> >>> but she sure was dosed.
>> >>>
>> >>> I was with Rita
>> >>> who was one of my
>> >>> favorite flames.
>> >>>
>> >>> Up on the hill
>> >>> with her breakfast coffee.
>> >>>
>> >>> Sure loved the way
>> >>> she played
>> >>> the numbers games.
>> >>>
>> >>> We do not know
>> >>> where he went
>> >>> not even his brother
>> >>> had a clue.
>> >>>
>> >>> We don't know
>> >>> where he went.
>> >>>
>> >>> All up in alms
>> >>> repeat the 23rd Psalms.
>> >>>
>> >>> All this great crass
>> >>> rejuvenating effort
>> >>> making a last
>> >>> slightly late retort.
>> >>>
>> >>> All of us
>> >>> laughing
>> >>> down the avenue.
>> >>>
>> >>> In that humid
>> >>> spaced out
>> >>> Summer of 1982.
>> >>>
>> >>> Hercules Shiver
>> >>> you were right
>> >>> this is true.
>> >>>
>> >>> Auto writing
>> >>> for the myth
>> >>> from the muse.
>> >>>
>> >>> I made it just along the trail
>> >>> court and spark
>> >>> on a Saturday afternoon.
>> >>>
>> >>> As the world sleeps
>> >>> nothing seems
>> >>> to be moving.
>> >>>
>> >>> But that would
>> >>> have to be
>> >>> incorrect.
>> >>>
>> >>> I have not decided
>> >>> if you are real
>> >>> or just a figment
>> >>> from a fever dream.
>> >>>
>> >>> With wind
>> >>> from the East
>> >>> and a chill
>> >>> not right for June.
>> >>>
>> >>> The night shines
>> >>> and the torch lamp
>> >>> glows
>> >>> out there
>> >>> down the hill.
>> >>>
>> >>> Will you prefer
>> >>> a lucky gnome
>> >>> who was
>> >>> not so sentimental?
>> >>>
>> >>> -Will Dockery / June 12 2020
>
> The more I read it, it is looking like one of your best Doc...

Thanks again for the nod.

🙂

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 by: Victor H. - Fri, 15 Jul 2022 21:38 UTC

Will Dockery wrote:
>
>> >>> Twelve Efforts
>> >>>
>> >>> Come along now
>> >>> come along.
>> >>> Come along now
>> >>> go slowly.
>> >>>
>> >>> Now
>> >>> we are like stone figures
>> >>> setting a place
>> >>> in history.
>> >>>
>> >>> We had one shot
>> >>> to get out of
>> >>> Cabbage Town
>> >>> on crutches in the sand.
>> >>>
>> >>> Still dancing
>> >>> under electric skies.
>> >>>
>> >>> Old Scratch
>> >>> kept it all
>> >>> within reason.
>> >>>
>> >>> Exit
>> >>> step back.
>> >>>
>> >>> Let the street side
>> >>> melodrama play out.
>> >>>
>> >>> I must have been
>> >>> on a bland ego trip.
>> >>>
>> >>> What task was I
>> >>> set up for next?
>> >>>
>> >>> He was displayed
>> >>> sitting with the crowd,
>> >>> like a stranger
>> >>> in an even stranger land.
>> >>>
>> >>> That Summer
>> >>> left me feeling young
>> >>> and I was young.
>> >>>
>> >>> I had
>> >>> more notches to carve.
>> >>>
>> >>> Jump cut back
>> >>> to Springtime.
>> >>>
>> >>> The refreshing wind
>> >>> when I tried to hide.
>> >>>
>> >>> It was
>> >>> morning in America
>> >>> all the way.
>> >>>
>> >>> so we took it back
>> >>> to the start.
>> >>>
>> >>> Throw in some
>> >>> Rolling Stones machismo
>> >>> or a touch of Brando.
>> >>>
>> >>> Like a jungle adventure
>> >>> taken from my era
>> >>> took a moment
>> >>> to come to realize.
>> >>>
>> >>> To last
>> >>> through
>> >>> twelve efforts
>> >>> weed thoughts
>> >>> sure do
>> >>> tax my mind.
>> >>>
>> >>> That will be an effort
>> >>> we were
>> >>> like the lost ones
>> >>> leading the blind.
>> >>>
>> >>> Doomed us every day
>> >>> Shiver's bird
>> >>> was tossed.
>> >>>
>> >>> She could have been
>> >>> someone's mother
>> >>> but she sure was dosed.
>> >>>
>> >>> I was with Rita
>> >>> who was one of my
>> >>> favorite flames.
>> >>>
>> >>> Up on the hill
>> >>> with her breakfast coffee.
>> >>>
>> >>> Sure loved the way
>> >>> she played
>> >>> the numbers games.
>> >>>
>> >>> We do not know
>> >>> where he went
>> >>> not even his brother
>> >>> had a clue.
>> >>>
>> >>> We don't know
>> >>> where he went.
>> >>>
>> >>> All up in alms
>> >>> repeat the 23rd Psalms.
>> >>>
>> >>> All this great crass
>> >>> rejuvenating effort
>> >>> making a last
>> >>> slightly late retort.
>> >>>
>> >>> All of us
>> >>> laughing
>> >>> down the avenue.
>> >>>
>> >>> In that humid
>> >>> spaced out
>> >>> Summer of 1982.
>> >>>
>> >>> Hercules Shiver
>> >>> you were right
>> >>> this is true.
>> >>>
>> >>> Auto writing
>> >>> for the myth
>> >>> from the muse.
>> >>>
>> >>> I made it just along the trail
>> >>> court and spark
>> >>> on a Saturday afternoon.
>> >>>
>> >>> As the world sleeps
>> >>> nothing seems
>> >>> to be moving.
>> >>>
>> >>> But that would
>> >>> have to be
>> >>> incorrect.
>> >>>
>> >>> I have not decided
>> >>> if you are real
>> >>> or just a figment
>> >>> from a fever dream.
>> >>>
>> >>> With wind
>> >>> from the East
>> >>> and a chill
>> >>> not right for June.
>> >>>
>> >>> The night shines
>> >>> and the torch lamp
>> >>> glows
>> >>> out there
>> >>> down the hill.
>> >>>
>> >>> Will you prefer
>> >>> a lucky gnome
>> >>> who was
>> >>> not so sentimental?
>> >>>
>> >>> -Will Dockery / June 12 2020

Revisiting old fave as I sit at side of river fishing....

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 by: W-Dockery - Sun, 24 Jul 2022 07:50 UTC

Victor H. wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>>
>>> >>> Twelve Efforts
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Come along now
>>> >>> come along.
>>> >>> Come along now
>>> >>> go slowly.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Now
>>> >>> we are like stone figures
>>> >>> setting a place
>>> >>> in history.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> We had one shot
>>> >>> to get out of
>>> >>> Cabbage Town
>>> >>> on crutches in the sand.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Still dancing
>>> >>> under electric skies.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Old Scratch
>>> >>> kept it all
>>> >>> within reason.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Exit
>>> >>> step back.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Let the street side
>>> >>> melodrama play out.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I must have been
>>> >>> on a bland ego trip.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> What task was I
>>> >>> set up for next?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> He was displayed
>>> >>> sitting with the crowd,
>>> >>> like a stranger
>>> >>> in an even stranger land.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> That Summer
>>> >>> left me feeling young
>>> >>> and I was young.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I had
>>> >>> more notches to carve.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Jump cut back
>>> >>> to Springtime.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> The refreshing wind
>>> >>> when I tried to hide.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> It was
>>> >>> morning in America
>>> >>> all the way.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> so we took it back
>>> >>> to the start.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Throw in some
>>> >>> Rolling Stones machismo
>>> >>> or a touch of Brando.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Like a jungle adventure
>>> >>> taken from my era
>>> >>> took a moment
>>> >>> to come to realize.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> To last
>>> >>> through
>>> >>> twelve efforts
>>> >>> weed thoughts
>>> >>> sure do
>>> >>> tax my mind.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> That will be an effort
>>> >>> we were
>>> >>> like the lost ones
>>> >>> leading the blind.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Doomed us every day
>>> >>> Shiver's bird
>>> >>> was tossed.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> She could have been
>>> >>> someone's mother
>>> >>> but she sure was dosed.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I was with Rita
>>> >>> who was one of my
>>> >>> favorite flames.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Up on the hill
>>> >>> with her breakfast coffee.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Sure loved the way
>>> >>> she played
>>> >>> the numbers games.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> We do not know
>>> >>> where he went
>>> >>> not even his brother
>>> >>> had a clue.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> We don't know
>>> >>> where he went.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> All up in alms
>>> >>> repeat the 23rd Psalms.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> All this great crass
>>> >>> rejuvenating effort
>>> >>> making a last
>>> >>> slightly late retort.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> All of us
>>> >>> laughing
>>> >>> down the avenue.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> In that humid
>>> >>> spaced out
>>> >>> Summer of 1982.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Hercules Shiver
>>> >>> you were right
>>> >>> this is true.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Auto writing
>>> >>> for the myth
>>> >>> from the muse.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I made it just along the trail
>>> >>> court and spark
>>> >>> on a Saturday afternoon.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> As the world sleeps
>>> >>> nothing seems
>>> >>> to be moving.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> But that would
>>> >>> have to be
>>> >>> incorrect.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I have not decided
>>> >>> if you are real
>>> >>> or just a figment
>>> >>> from a fever dream.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> With wind
>>> >>> from the East
>>> >>> and a chill
>>> >>> not right for June.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> The night shines
>>> >>> and the torch lamp
>>> >>> glows
>>> >>> out there
>>> >>> down the hill.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Will you prefer
>>> >>> a lucky gnome
>>> >>> who was
>>> >>> not so sentimental?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> -Will Dockery / June 12 2020

> Revisiting old fave as I sit at side of river fishing....

Good morning my friend and thanks again for reading and commenting.

🙂

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 by: General-Zod - Wed, 3 Aug 2022 23:37 UTC

Will Dockery wrote:

> Victor H. wrote:

>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>>
>>>> >>> Twelve Efforts
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Come along now
>>>> >>> come along.
>>>> >>> Come along now
>>>> >>> go slowly.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Now
>>>> >>> we are like stone figures
>>>> >>> setting a place
>>>> >>> in history.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> We had one shot
>>>> >>> to get out of
>>>> >>> Cabbage Town
>>>> >>> on crutches in the sand.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Still dancing
>>>> >>> under electric skies.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Old Scratch
>>>> >>> kept it all
>>>> >>> within reason.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Exit
>>>> >>> step back.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Let the street side
>>>> >>> melodrama play out.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> I must have been
>>>> >>> on a bland ego trip.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> What task was I
>>>> >>> set up for next?
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> He was displayed
>>>> >>> sitting with the crowd,
>>>> >>> like a stranger
>>>> >>> in an even stranger land.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> That Summer
>>>> >>> left me feeling young
>>>> >>> and I was young.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> I had
>>>> >>> more notches to carve.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Jump cut back
>>>> >>> to Springtime.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> The refreshing wind
>>>> >>> when I tried to hide.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> It was
>>>> >>> morning in America
>>>> >>> all the way.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> so we took it back
>>>> >>> to the start.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Throw in some
>>>> >>> Rolling Stones machismo
>>>> >>> or a touch of Brando.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Like a jungle adventure
>>>> >>> taken from my era
>>>> >>> took a moment
>>>> >>> to come to realize.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> To last
>>>> >>> through
>>>> >>> twelve efforts
>>>> >>> weed thoughts
>>>> >>> sure do
>>>> >>> tax my mind.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> That will be an effort
>>>> >>> we were
>>>> >>> like the lost ones
>>>> >>> leading the blind.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Doomed us every day
>>>> >>> Shiver's bird
>>>> >>> was tossed.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> She could have been
>>>> >>> someone's mother
>>>> >>> but she sure was dosed.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> I was with Rita
>>>> >>> who was one of my
>>>> >>> favorite flames.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Up on the hill
>>>> >>> with her breakfast coffee.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Sure loved the way
>>>> >>> she played
>>>> >>> the numbers games.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> We do not know
>>>> >>> where he went
>>>> >>> not even his brother
>>>> >>> had a clue.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> We don't know
>>>> >>> where he went.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> All up in alms
>>>> >>> repeat the 23rd Psalms.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> All this great crass
>>>> >>> rejuvenating effort
>>>> >>> making a last
>>>> >>> slightly late retort.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> All of us
>>>> >>> laughing
>>>> >>> down the avenue.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> In that humid
>>>> >>> spaced out
>>>> >>> Summer of 1982.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Hercules Shiver
>>>> >>> you were right
>>>> >>> this is true.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Auto writing
>>>> >>> for the myth
>>>> >>> from the muse.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> I made it just along the trail
>>>> >>> court and spark
>>>> >>> on a Saturday afternoon.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> As the world sleeps
>>>> >>> nothing seems
>>>> >>> to be moving.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> But that would
>>>> >>> have to be
>>>> >>> incorrect.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> I have not decided
>>>> >>> if you are real
>>>> >>> or just a figment
>>>> >>> from a fever dream.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> With wind
>>>> >>> from the East
>>>> >>> and a chill
>>>> >>> not right for June.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> The night shines
>>>> >>> and the torch lamp
>>>> >>> glows
>>>> >>> out there
>>>> >>> down the hill.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Will you prefer
>>>> >>> a lucky gnome
>>>> >>> who was
>>>> >>> not so sentimental?
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> -Will Dockery / June 12 2020

>> Revisiting old fave as I sit at side of river fishing....

> Good morning my friend and thanks again for reading and commenting.

> 🙂

Indeed it is my pleasure as a poetry lover...

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Zod wrote:
> Will Dockery wrote:
>> Zod wrote:
>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>
>> >>> Twelve Efforts
>> >>>
>> >>> Come along now
>> >>> come along.
>> >>> Come along now
>> >>> go slowly.
>> >>>
>> >>> Now
>> >>> we are like stone figures
>> >>> setting a place
>> >>> in history.
>> >>>
>> >>> We had one shot
>> >>> to get out of
>> >>> Cabbage Town
>> >>> on crutches in the sand.
>> >>>
>> >>> Still dancing
>> >>> under electric skies.
>> >>>
>> >>> Old Scratch
>> >>> kept it all
>> >>> within reason.
>> >>>
>> >>> Exit
>> >>> step back.
>> >>>
>> >>> Let the street side
>> >>> melodrama play out.
>> >>>
>> >>> I must have been
>> >>> on a bland ego trip.
>> >>>
>> >>> What task was I
>> >>> set up for next?
>> >>>
>> >>> He was displayed
>> >>> sitting with the crowd,
>> >>> like a stranger
>> >>> in an even stranger land.
>> >>>
>> >>> That Summer
>> >>> left me feeling young
>> >>> and I was young.
>> >>>
>> >>> I had
>> >>> more notches to carve.
>> >>>
>> >>> Jump cut back
>> >>> to Springtime.
>> >>>
>> >>> The refreshing wind
>> >>> when I tried to hide.
>> >>>
>> >>> It was
>> >>> morning in America
>> >>> all the way.
>> >>>
>> >>> so we took it back
>> >>> to the start.
>> >>>
>> >>> Throw in some
>> >>> Rolling Stones machismo
>> >>> or a touch of Brando.
>> >>>
>> >>> Like a jungle adventure
>> >>> taken from my era
>> >>> took a moment
>> >>> to come to realize.
>> >>>
>> >>> To last
>> >>> through
>> >>> twelve efforts
>> >>> weed thoughts
>> >>> sure do
>> >>> tax my mind.
>> >>>
>> >>> That will be an effort
>> >>> we were
>> >>> like the lost ones
>> >>> leading the blind.
>> >>>
>> >>> Doomed us every day
>> >>> Shiver's bird
>> >>> was tossed.
>> >>>
>> >>> She could have been
>> >>> someone's mother
>> >>> but she sure was dosed.
>> >>>
>> >>> I was with Rita
>> >>> who was one of my
>> >>> favorite flames.
>> >>>
>> >>> Up on the hill
>> >>> with her breakfast coffee.
>> >>>
>> >>> Sure loved the way
>> >>> she played
>> >>> the numbers games.
>> >>>
>> >>> We do not know
>> >>> where he went
>> >>> not even his brother
>> >>> had a clue.
>> >>>
>> >>> We don't know
>> >>> where he went.
>> >>>
>> >>> All up in alms
>> >>> repeat the 23rd Psalms.
>> >>>
>> >>> All this great crass
>> >>> rejuvenating effort
>> >>> making a last
>> >>> slightly late retort.
>> >>>
>> >>> All of us
>> >>> laughing
>> >>> down the avenue.
>> >>>
>> >>> In that humid
>> >>> spaced out
>> >>> Summer of 1982.
>> >>>
>> >>> Hercules Shiver
>> >>> you were right
>> >>> this is true.
>> >>>
>> >>> Auto writing
>> >>> for the myth
>> >>> from the muse.
>> >>>
>> >>> I made it just along the trail
>> >>> court and spark
>> >>> on a Saturday afternoon.
>> >>>
>> >>> As the world sleeps
>> >>> nothing seems
>> >>> to be moving.
>> >>>
>> >>> But that would
>> >>> have to be
>> >>> incorrect.
>> >>>
>> >>> I have not decided
>> >>> if you are real
>> >>> or just a figment
>> >>> from a fever dream.
>> >>>
>> >>> With wind
>> >>> from the East
>> >>> and a chill
>> >>> not right for June.
>> >>>
>> >>> The night shines
>> >>> and the torch lamp
>> >>> glows
>> >>> out there
>> >>> down the hill.
>> >>>
>> >>> Will you prefer
>> >>> a lucky gnome
>> >>> who was
>> >>> not so sentimental?
>> >>>
>> >>> -Will Dockery / June 12 2020

<...>

>>
>
>
> Another read, a great FAVE of mine, stupendous poem, Doc....

Hey, good afternoon, that was pretty funny when you stopped by the coffee shop in the taxi last night as you guys were making your beer run.

Good to see you and Mike, as usual.

🙂

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Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>
>>> >>> Twelve Efforts
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Come along now
>>> >>> come along.
>>> >>> Come along now
>>> >>> go slowly.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Now
>>> >>> we are like stone figures
>>> >>> setting a place
>>> >>> in history.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> We had one shot
>>> >>> to get out of
>>> >>> Cabbage Town
>>> >>> on crutches in the sand.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Still dancing
>>> >>> under electric skies.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Old Scratch
>>> >>> kept it all
>>> >>> within reason.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Exit
>>> >>> step back.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Let the street side
>>> >>> melodrama play out.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I must have been
>>> >>> on a bland ego trip.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> What task was I
>>> >>> set up for next?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> He was displayed
>>> >>> sitting with the crowd,
>>> >>> like a stranger
>>> >>> in an even stranger land.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> That Summer
>>> >>> left me feeling young
>>> >>> and I was young.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I had
>>> >>> more notches to carve.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Jump cut back
>>> >>> to Springtime.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> The refreshing wind
>>> >>> when I tried to hide.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> It was
>>> >>> morning in America
>>> >>> all the way.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> so we took it back
>>> >>> to the start.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Throw in some
>>> >>> Rolling Stones machismo
>>> >>> or a touch of Brando.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Like a jungle adventure
>>> >>> taken from my era
>>> >>> took a moment
>>> >>> to come to realize.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> To last
>>> >>> through
>>> >>> twelve efforts
>>> >>> weed thoughts
>>> >>> sure do
>>> >>> tax my mind.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> That will be an effort
>>> >>> we were
>>> >>> like the lost ones
>>> >>> leading the blind.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Doomed us every day
>>> >>> Shiver's bird
>>> >>> was tossed.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> She could have been
>>> >>> someone's mother
>>> >>> but she sure was dosed.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I was with Rita
>>> >>> who was one of my
>>> >>> favorite flames.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Up on the hill
>>> >>> with her breakfast coffee.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Sure loved the way
>>> >>> she played
>>> >>> the numbers games.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> We do not know
>>> >>> where he went
>>> >>> not even his brother
>>> >>> had a clue.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> We don't know
>>> >>> where he went.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> All up in alms
>>> >>> repeat the 23rd Psalms.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> All this great crass
>>> >>> rejuvenating effort
>>> >>> making a last
>>> >>> slightly late retort.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> All of us
>>> >>> laughing
>>> >>> down the avenue.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> In that humid
>>> >>> spaced out
>>> >>> Summer of 1982.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Hercules Shiver
>>> >>> you were right
>>> >>> this is true.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Auto writing
>>> >>> for the myth
>>> >>> from the muse.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I made it just along the trail
>>> >>> court and spark
>>> >>> on a Saturday afternoon.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> As the world sleeps
>>> >>> nothing seems
>>> >>> to be moving.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> But that would
>>> >>> have to be
>>> >>> incorrect.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I have not decided
>>> >>> if you are real
>>> >>> or just a figment
>>> >>> from a fever dream.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> With wind
>>> >>> from the East
>>> >>> and a chill
>>> >>> not right for June.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> The night shines
>>> >>> and the torch lamp
>>> >>> glows
>>> >>> out there
>>> >>> down the hill.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Will you prefer
>>> >>> a lucky gnome
>>> >>> who was
>>> >>> not so sentimental?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> -Will Dockery / June 12 2020

> Revisiting old fave as I sit at side of river fishing....

Thanks again for the nod, Zod.

🙂

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Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>>
>>> >>> Twelve Efforts
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Come along now
>>> >>> come along.
>>> >>> Come along now
>>> >>> go slowly.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Now
>>> >>> we are like stone figures
>>> >>> setting a place
>>> >>> in history.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> We had one shot
>>> >>> to get out of
>>> >>> Cabbage Town
>>> >>> on crutches in the sand.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Still dancing
>>> >>> under electric skies.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Old Scratch
>>> >>> kept it all
>>> >>> within reason.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Exit
>>> >>> step back.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Let the street side
>>> >>> melodrama play out.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I must have been
>>> >>> on a bland ego trip.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> What task was I
>>> >>> set up for next?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> He was displayed
>>> >>> sitting with the crowd,
>>> >>> like a stranger
>>> >>> in an even stranger land.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> That Summer
>>> >>> left me feeling young
>>> >>> and I was young.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I had
>>> >>> more notches to carve.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Jump cut back
>>> >>> to Springtime.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> The refreshing wind
>>> >>> when I tried to hide.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> It was
>>> >>> morning in America
>>> >>> all the way.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> so we took it back
>>> >>> to the start.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Throw in some
>>> >>> Rolling Stones machismo
>>> >>> or a touch of Brando.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Like a jungle adventure
>>> >>> taken from my era
>>> >>> took a moment
>>> >>> to come to realize.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> To last
>>> >>> through
>>> >>> twelve efforts
>>> >>> weed thoughts
>>> >>> sure do
>>> >>> tax my mind.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> That will be an effort
>>> >>> we were
>>> >>> like the lost ones
>>> >>> leading the blind.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Doomed us every day
>>> >>> Shiver's bird
>>> >>> was tossed.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> She could have been
>>> >>> someone's mother
>>> >>> but she sure was dosed.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I was with Rita
>>> >>> who was one of my
>>> >>> favorite flames.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Up on the hill
>>> >>> with her breakfast coffee.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Sure loved the way
>>> >>> she played
>>> >>> the numbers games.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> We do not know
>>> >>> where he went
>>> >>> not even his brother
>>> >>> had a clue.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> We don't know
>>> >>> where he went.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> All up in alms
>>> >>> repeat the 23rd Psalms.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> All this great crass
>>> >>> rejuvenating effort
>>> >>> making a last
>>> >>> slightly late retort.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> All of us
>>> >>> laughing
>>> >>> down the avenue.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> In that humid
>>> >>> spaced out
>>> >>> Summer of 1982.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Hercules Shiver
>>> >>> you were right
>>> >>> this is true.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Auto writing
>>> >>> for the myth
>>> >>> from the muse.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I made it just along the trail
>>> >>> court and spark
>>> >>> on a Saturday afternoon.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> As the world sleeps
>>> >>> nothing seems
>>> >>> to be moving.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> But that would
>>> >>> have to be
>>> >>> incorrect.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I have not decided
>>> >>> if you are real
>>> >>> or just a figment
>>> >>> from a fever dream.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> With wind
>>> >>> from the East
>>> >>> and a chill
>>> >>> not right for June.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> The night shines
>>> >>> and the torch lamp
>>> >>> glows
>>> >>> out there
>>> >>> down the hill.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Will you prefer
>>> >>> a lucky gnome
>>> >>> who was
>>> >>> not so sentimental?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> -Will Dockery / June 12 2020

> Revisiting old fave as I sit at side of river fishing....

Good evening, and good luck with the fishing.

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Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>>
>>> >>> Twelve Efforts
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Come along now
>>> >>> come along.
>>> >>> Come along now
>>> >>> go slowly.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Now
>>> >>> we are like stone figures
>>> >>> setting a place
>>> >>> in history.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> We had one shot
>>> >>> to get out of
>>> >>> Cabbage Town
>>> >>> on crutches in the sand.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Still dancing
>>> >>> under electric skies.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Old Scratch
>>> >>> kept it all
>>> >>> within reason.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Exit
>>> >>> step back.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Let the street side
>>> >>> melodrama play out.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I must have been
>>> >>> on a bland ego trip.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> What task was I
>>> >>> set up for next?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> He was displayed
>>> >>> sitting with the crowd,
>>> >>> like a stranger
>>> >>> in an even stranger land.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> That Summer
>>> >>> left me feeling young
>>> >>> and I was young.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I had
>>> >>> more notches to carve.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Jump cut back
>>> >>> to Springtime.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> The refreshing wind
>>> >>> when I tried to hide.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> It was
>>> >>> morning in America
>>> >>> all the way.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> so we took it back
>>> >>> to the start.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Throw in some
>>> >>> Rolling Stones machismo
>>> >>> or a touch of Brando.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Like a jungle adventure
>>> >>> taken from my era
>>> >>> took a moment
>>> >>> to come to realize.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> To last
>>> >>> through
>>> >>> twelve efforts
>>> >>> weed thoughts
>>> >>> sure do
>>> >>> tax my mind.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> That will be an effort
>>> >>> we were
>>> >>> like the lost ones
>>> >>> leading the blind.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Doomed us every day
>>> >>> Shiver's bird
>>> >>> was tossed.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> She could have been
>>> >>> someone's mother
>>> >>> but she sure was dosed.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I was with Rita
>>> >>> who was one of my
>>> >>> favorite flames.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Up on the hill
>>> >>> with her breakfast coffee.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Sure loved the way
>>> >>> she played
>>> >>> the numbers games.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> We do not know
>>> >>> where he went
>>> >>> not even his brother
>>> >>> had a clue.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> We don't know
>>> >>> where he went.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> All up in alms
>>> >>> repeat the 23rd Psalms.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> All this great crass
>>> >>> rejuvenating effort
>>> >>> making a last
>>> >>> slightly late retort.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> All of us
>>> >>> laughing
>>> >>> down the avenue.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> In that humid
>>> >>> spaced out
>>> >>> Summer of 1982.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Hercules Shiver
>>> >>> you were right
>>> >>> this is true.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Auto writing
>>> >>> for the myth
>>> >>> from the muse.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I made it just along the trail
>>> >>> court and spark
>>> >>> on a Saturday afternoon.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> As the world sleeps
>>> >>> nothing seems
>>> >>> to be moving.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> But that would
>>> >>> have to be
>>> >>> incorrect.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I have not decided
>>> >>> if you are real
>>> >>> or just a figment
>>> >>> from a fever dream.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> With wind
>>> >>> from the East
>>> >>> and a chill
>>> >>> not right for June.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> The night shines
>>> >>> and the torch lamp
>>> >>> glows
>>> >>> out there
>>> >>> down the hill.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Will you prefer
>>> >>> a lucky gnome
>>> >>> who was
>>> >>> not so sentimental?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> -Will Dockery / June 12 2020

> Revisiting old fave as I sit at side of river fishing....

Happy holidays, my friend.

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On Thursday, November 24, 2022 at 6:26:56 PM UTC-8, Will Dockery wrote:
> Zod wrote:
>
> > Will Dockery wrote:
> >>
> >>> >>> Twelve Efforts
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Come along now
> >>> >>> come along.
> >>> >>> Come along now
> >>> >>> go slowly.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Now
> >>> >>> we are like stone figures
> >>> >>> setting a place
> >>> >>> in history.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> We had one shot
> >>> >>> to get out of
> >>> >>> Cabbage Town
> >>> >>> on crutches in the sand.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Still dancing
> >>> >>> under electric skies.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Old Scratch
> >>> >>> kept it all
> >>> >>> within reason.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Exit
> >>> >>> step back.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Let the street side
> >>> >>> melodrama play out.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> I must have been
> >>> >>> on a bland ego trip.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> What task was I
> >>> >>> set up for next?
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> He was displayed
> >>> >>> sitting with the crowd,
> >>> >>> like a stranger
> >>> >>> in an even stranger land.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> That Summer
> >>> >>> left me feeling young
> >>> >>> and I was young.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> I had
> >>> >>> more notches to carve.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Jump cut back
> >>> >>> to Springtime.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> The refreshing wind
> >>> >>> when I tried to hide.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> It was
> >>> >>> morning in America
> >>> >>> all the way.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> so we took it back
> >>> >>> to the start.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Throw in some
> >>> >>> Rolling Stones machismo
> >>> >>> or a touch of Brando.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Like a jungle adventure
> >>> >>> taken from my era
> >>> >>> took a moment
> >>> >>> to come to realize.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> To last
> >>> >>> through
> >>> >>> twelve efforts
> >>> >>> weed thoughts
> >>> >>> sure do
> >>> >>> tax my mind.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> That will be an effort
> >>> >>> we were
> >>> >>> like the lost ones
> >>> >>> leading the blind.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Doomed us every day
> >>> >>> Shiver's bird
> >>> >>> was tossed.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> She could have been
> >>> >>> someone's mother
> >>> >>> but she sure was dosed.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> I was with Rita
> >>> >>> who was one of my
> >>> >>> favorite flames.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Up on the hill
> >>> >>> with her breakfast coffee.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Sure loved the way
> >>> >>> she played
> >>> >>> the numbers games.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> We do not know
> >>> >>> where he went
> >>> >>> not even his brother
> >>> >>> had a clue.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> We don't know
> >>> >>> where he went.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> All up in alms
> >>> >>> repeat the 23rd Psalms.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> All this great crass
> >>> >>> rejuvenating effort
> >>> >>> making a last
> >>> >>> slightly late retort.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> All of us
> >>> >>> laughing
> >>> >>> down the avenue.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> In that humid
> >>> >>> spaced out
> >>> >>> Summer of 1982.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Hercules Shiver
> >>> >>> you were right
> >>> >>> this is true.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Auto writing
> >>> >>> for the myth
> >>> >>> from the muse.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> I made it just along the trail
> >>> >>> court and spark
> >>> >>> on a Saturday afternoon.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> As the world sleeps
> >>> >>> nothing seems
> >>> >>> to be moving.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> But that would
> >>> >>> have to be
> >>> >>> incorrect.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> I have not decided
> >>> >>> if you are real
> >>> >>> or just a figment
> >>> >>> from a fever dream.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> With wind
> >>> >>> from the East
> >>> >>> and a chill
> >>> >>> not right for June.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> The night shines
> >>> >>> and the torch lamp
> >>> >>> glows
> >>> >>> out there
> >>> >>> down the hill.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Will you prefer
> >>> >>> a lucky gnome
> >>> >>> who was
> >>> >>> not so sentimental?
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> -Will Dockery / June 12 2020
>
> > Revisiting old fave as I sit at side of river fishing....
> Happy holidays, my friend

went on too long for me, i had to bow out, but i enjoyed it along the way... :)

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On Thursday, November 24, 2022 at 9:37:00 PM UTC-5, Rachel wrote:
> On Thursday, November 24, 2022 at 6:26:56 PM UTC-8, Will Dockery wrote:
> > Zod wrote:
> >
> > > Will Dockery wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> >>> Twelve Efforts
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Come along now
> > >>> >>> come along.
> > >>> >>> Come along now
> > >>> >>> go slowly.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Now
> > >>> >>> we are like stone figures
> > >>> >>> setting a place
> > >>> >>> in history.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> We had one shot
> > >>> >>> to get out of
> > >>> >>> Cabbage Town
> > >>> >>> on crutches in the sand.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Still dancing
> > >>> >>> under electric skies.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Old Scratch
> > >>> >>> kept it all
> > >>> >>> within reason.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Exit
> > >>> >>> step back.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Let the street side
> > >>> >>> melodrama play out.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> I must have been
> > >>> >>> on a bland ego trip.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> What task was I
> > >>> >>> set up for next?
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> He was displayed
> > >>> >>> sitting with the crowd,
> > >>> >>> like a stranger
> > >>> >>> in an even stranger land.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> That Summer
> > >>> >>> left me feeling young
> > >>> >>> and I was young.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> I had
> > >>> >>> more notches to carve.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Jump cut back
> > >>> >>> to Springtime.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> The refreshing wind
> > >>> >>> when I tried to hide.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> It was
> > >>> >>> morning in America
> > >>> >>> all the way.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> so we took it back
> > >>> >>> to the start.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Throw in some
> > >>> >>> Rolling Stones machismo
> > >>> >>> or a touch of Brando.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Like a jungle adventure
> > >>> >>> taken from my era
> > >>> >>> took a moment
> > >>> >>> to come to realize.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> To last
> > >>> >>> through
> > >>> >>> twelve efforts
> > >>> >>> weed thoughts
> > >>> >>> sure do
> > >>> >>> tax my mind.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> That will be an effort
> > >>> >>> we were
> > >>> >>> like the lost ones
> > >>> >>> leading the blind.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Doomed us every day
> > >>> >>> Shiver's bird
> > >>> >>> was tossed.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> She could have been
> > >>> >>> someone's mother
> > >>> >>> but she sure was dosed.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> I was with Rita
> > >>> >>> who was one of my
> > >>> >>> favorite flames.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Up on the hill
> > >>> >>> with her breakfast coffee.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Sure loved the way
> > >>> >>> she played
> > >>> >>> the numbers games.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> We do not know
> > >>> >>> where he went
> > >>> >>> not even his brother
> > >>> >>> had a clue.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> We don't know
> > >>> >>> where he went.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> All up in alms
> > >>> >>> repeat the 23rd Psalms.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> All this great crass
> > >>> >>> rejuvenating effort
> > >>> >>> making a last
> > >>> >>> slightly late retort.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> All of us
> > >>> >>> laughing
> > >>> >>> down the avenue.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> In that humid
> > >>> >>> spaced out
> > >>> >>> Summer of 1982.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Hercules Shiver
> > >>> >>> you were right
> > >>> >>> this is true.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Auto writing
> > >>> >>> for the myth
> > >>> >>> from the muse.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> I made it just along the trail
> > >>> >>> court and spark
> > >>> >>> on a Saturday afternoon.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> As the world sleeps
> > >>> >>> nothing seems
> > >>> >>> to be moving.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> But that would
> > >>> >>> have to be
> > >>> >>> incorrect.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> I have not decided
> > >>> >>> if you are real
> > >>> >>> or just a figment
> > >>> >>> from a fever dream.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> With wind
> > >>> >>> from the East
> > >>> >>> and a chill
> > >>> >>> not right for June.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> The night shines
> > >>> >>> and the torch lamp
> > >>> >>> glows
> > >>> >>> out there
> > >>> >>> down the hill.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Will you prefer
> > >>> >>> a lucky gnome
> > >>> >>> who was
> > >>> >>> not so sentimental?
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> -Will Dockery / June 12 2020
> >
> > > Revisiting old fave as I sit at side of river fishing....
> > Happy holidays, my friend
> went on too long for me, i had to bow out, but i enjoyed it along the way.... :)

Thanks for reading and commenting, Rachel.

🙂

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On Thursday, November 24, 2022 at 9:37:00 PM UTC-5, Rachel wrote:
> On Thursday, November 24, 2022 at 6:26:56 PM UTC-8, Will Dockery wrote:
> > Zod wrote:
> >
> > > Will Dockery wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> >>> Twelve Efforts
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Come along now
> > >>> >>> come along.
> > >>> >>> Come along now
> > >>> >>> go slowly.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Now
> > >>> >>> we are like stone figures
> > >>> >>> setting a place
> > >>> >>> in history.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> We had one shot
> > >>> >>> to get out of
> > >>> >>> Cabbage Town
> > >>> >>> on crutches in the sand.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Still dancing
> > >>> >>> under electric skies.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Old Scratch
> > >>> >>> kept it all
> > >>> >>> within reason.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Exit
> > >>> >>> step back.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Let the street side
> > >>> >>> melodrama play out.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> I must have been
> > >>> >>> on a bland ego trip.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> What task was I
> > >>> >>> set up for next?
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> He was displayed
> > >>> >>> sitting with the crowd,
> > >>> >>> like a stranger
> > >>> >>> in an even stranger land.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> That Summer
> > >>> >>> left me feeling young
> > >>> >>> and I was young.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> I had
> > >>> >>> more notches to carve.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Jump cut back
> > >>> >>> to Springtime.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> The refreshing wind
> > >>> >>> when I tried to hide.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> It was
> > >>> >>> morning in America
> > >>> >>> all the way.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> so we took it back
> > >>> >>> to the start.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Throw in some
> > >>> >>> Rolling Stones machismo
> > >>> >>> or a touch of Brando.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Like a jungle adventure
> > >>> >>> taken from my era
> > >>> >>> took a moment
> > >>> >>> to come to realize.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> To last
> > >>> >>> through
> > >>> >>> twelve efforts
> > >>> >>> weed thoughts
> > >>> >>> sure do
> > >>> >>> tax my mind.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> That will be an effort
> > >>> >>> we were
> > >>> >>> like the lost ones
> > >>> >>> leading the blind.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Doomed us every day
> > >>> >>> Shiver's bird
> > >>> >>> was tossed.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> She could have been
> > >>> >>> someone's mother
> > >>> >>> but she sure was dosed.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> I was with Rita
> > >>> >>> who was one of my
> > >>> >>> favorite flames.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Up on the hill
> > >>> >>> with her breakfast coffee.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Sure loved the way
> > >>> >>> she played
> > >>> >>> the numbers games.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> We do not know
> > >>> >>> where he went
> > >>> >>> not even his brother
> > >>> >>> had a clue.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> We don't know
> > >>> >>> where he went.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> All up in alms
> > >>> >>> repeat the 23rd Psalms.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> All this great crass
> > >>> >>> rejuvenating effort
> > >>> >>> making a last
> > >>> >>> slightly late retort.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> All of us
> > >>> >>> laughing
> > >>> >>> down the avenue.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> In that humid
> > >>> >>> spaced out
> > >>> >>> Summer of 1982.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Hercules Shiver
> > >>> >>> you were right
> > >>> >>> this is true.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Auto writing
> > >>> >>> for the myth
> > >>> >>> from the muse.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> I made it just along the trail
> > >>> >>> court and spark
> > >>> >>> on a Saturday afternoon.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> As the world sleeps
> > >>> >>> nothing seems
> > >>> >>> to be moving.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> But that would
> > >>> >>> have to be
> > >>> >>> incorrect.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> I have not decided
> > >>> >>> if you are real
> > >>> >>> or just a figment
> > >>> >>> from a fever dream.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> With wind
> > >>> >>> from the East
> > >>> >>> and a chill
> > >>> >>> not right for June.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> The night shines
> > >>> >>> and the torch lamp
> > >>> >>> glows
> > >>> >>> out there
> > >>> >>> down the hill.
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> Will you prefer
> > >>> >>> a lucky gnome
> > >>> >>> who was
> > >>> >>> not so sentimental?
> > >>> >>>
> > >>> >>> -Will Dockery / June 12 2020
> >
> > > Revisiting old fave as I sit at side of river fishing....
> > Happy holidays, my friend
> went on too long for me, i had to bow out, but i enjoyed it along the way.... :)

Thanks for reading and commenting, Rachel.

Perhaps I should break it up to "Part One" and "Part Two"?

🙂

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Will Dockery wrote:

> On Friday, May 27, 2022 at 4:50:17 PM UTC-4, Zod wrote:
>> Will Dockery wrote:
>> > Zod wrote:
>> >> Will Dockery wrote:
>> >
>> >>> Twelve Efforts
>> >>>
>> >>> Come along now
>> >>> come along.
>> >>> Come along now
>> >>> go slowly.
>> >>>
>> >>> Now
>> >>> we are like stone figures
>> >>> setting a place
>> >>> in history.
>> >>>
>> >>> We had one shot
>> >>> to get out of
>> >>> Cabbage Town
>> >>> on crutches in the sand.
>> >>>
>> >>> Still dancing
>> >>> under electric skies.
>> >>>
>> >>> Old Scratch
>> >>> kept it all
>> >>> within reason.
>> >>>
>> >>> Exit
>> >>> step back.
>> >>>
>> >>> Let the street side
>> >>> melodrama play out.
>> >>>
>> >>> I must have been
>> >>> on a bland ego trip.
>> >>>
>> >>> What task was I
>> >>> set up for next?
>> >>>
>> >>> He was displayed
>> >>> sitting with the crowd,
>> >>> like a stranger
>> >>> in an even stranger land.
>> >>>
>> >>> That Summer
>> >>> left me feeling young
>> >>> and I was young.
>> >>>
>> >>> I had
>> >>> more notches to carve.
>> >>>
>> >>> Jump cut back
>> >>> to Springtime.
>> >>>
>> >>> The refreshing wind
>> >>> when I tried to hide.
>> >>>
>> >>> It was
>> >>> morning in America
>> >>> all the way.
>> >>>
>> >>> so we took it back
>> >>> to the start.
>> >>>
>> >>> Throw in some
>> >>> Rolling Stones machismo
>> >>> or a touch of Brando.
>> >>>
>> >>> Like a jungle adventure
>> >>> taken from my era
>> >>> took a moment
>> >>> to come to realize.
>> >>>
>> >>> To last
>> >>> through
>> >>> twelve efforts
>> >>> weed thoughts
>> >>> sure do
>> >>> tax my mind.
>> >>>
>> >>> That will be an effort
>> >>> we were
>> >>> like the lost ones
>> >>> leading the blind.
>> >>>
>> >>> Doomed us every day
>> >>> Shiver's bird
>> >>> was tossed.
>> >>>
>> >>> She could have been
>> >>> someone's mother
>> >>> but she sure was dosed.
>> >>>
>> >>> I was with Rita
>> >>> who was one of my
>> >>> favorite flames.
>> >>>
>> >>> Up on the hill
>> >>> with her breakfast coffee.
>> >>>
>> >>> Sure loved the way
>> >>> she played
>> >>> the numbers games.
>> >>>
>> >>> We do not know
>> >>> where he went
>> >>> not even his brother
>> >>> had a clue.
>> >>>
>> >>> We don't know
>> >>> where he went.
>> >>>
>> >>> All up in alms
>> >>> repeat the 23rd Psalms.
>> >>>
>> >>> All this great crass
>> >>> rejuvenating effort
>> >>> making a last
>> >>> slightly late retort.
>> >>>
>> >>> All of us
>> >>> laughing
>> >>> down the avenue.
>> >>>
>> >>> In that humid
>> >>> spaced out
>> >>> Summer of 1982.
>> >>>
>> >>> Hercules Shiver
>> >>> you were right
>> >>> this is true.
>> >>>
>> >>> Auto writing
>> >>> for the myth
>> >>> from the muse.
>> >>>
>> >>> I made it just along the trail
>> >>> court and spark
>> >>> on a Saturday afternoon.
>> >>>
>> >>> As the world sleeps
>> >>> nothing seems
>> >>> to be moving.
>> >>>
>> >>> But that would
>> >>> have to be
>> >>> incorrect.
>> >>>
>> >>> I have not decided
>> >>> if you are real
>> >>> or just a figment
>> >>> from a fever dream.
>> >>>
>> >>> With wind
>> >>> from the East
>> >>> and a chill
>> >>> not right for June.
>> >>>
>> >>> The night shines
>> >>> and the torch lamp
>> >>> glows
>> >>> out there
>> >>> down the hill.
>> >>>
>> >>> Will you prefer
>> >>> a lucky gnome
>> >>> who was
>> >>> not so sentimental?
>> >>>
>> >>> -Will Dockery / June 12 2020
>> >>
>> >> The more I read it, it is looking like one of your best Doc...
>>
>> > Thanks for the positive feedback, Zod.
>>
>> > :)
>>
>> Another read, a great FAVE of mine, stupendous poem, Doc....

> Good morning, and thanks again for reading and commenting, my friend.

> 🙂

Third read, very lovely poem...

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Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>>
>>> >>> Twelve Efforts
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Come along now
>>> >>> come along.
>>> >>> Come along now
>>> >>> go slowly.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Now
>>> >>> we are like stone figures
>>> >>> setting a place
>>> >>> in history.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> We had one shot
>>> >>> to get out of
>>> >>> Cabbage Town
>>> >>> on crutches in the sand.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Still dancing
>>> >>> under electric skies.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Old Scratch
>>> >>> kept it all
>>> >>> within reason.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Exit
>>> >>> step back.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Let the street side
>>> >>> melodrama play out.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I must have been
>>> >>> on a bland ego trip.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> What task was I
>>> >>> set up for next?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> He was displayed
>>> >>> sitting with the crowd,
>>> >>> like a stranger
>>> >>> in an even stranger land.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> That Summer
>>> >>> left me feeling young
>>> >>> and I was young.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I had
>>> >>> more notches to carve.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Jump cut back
>>> >>> to Springtime.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> The refreshing wind
>>> >>> when I tried to hide.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> It was
>>> >>> morning in America
>>> >>> all the way.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> so we took it back
>>> >>> to the start.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Throw in some
>>> >>> Rolling Stones machismo
>>> >>> or a touch of Brando.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Like a jungle adventure
>>> >>> taken from my era
>>> >>> took a moment
>>> >>> to come to realize.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> To last
>>> >>> through
>>> >>> twelve efforts
>>> >>> weed thoughts
>>> >>> sure do
>>> >>> tax my mind.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> That will be an effort
>>> >>> we were
>>> >>> like the lost ones
>>> >>> leading the blind.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Doomed us every day
>>> >>> Shiver's bird
>>> >>> was tossed.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> She could have been
>>> >>> someone's mother
>>> >>> but she sure was dosed.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I was with Rita
>>> >>> who was one of my
>>> >>> favorite flames.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Up on the hill
>>> >>> with her breakfast coffee.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Sure loved the way
>>> >>> she played
>>> >>> the numbers games.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> We do not know
>>> >>> where he went
>>> >>> not even his brother
>>> >>> had a clue.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> We don't know
>>> >>> where he went.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> All up in alms
>>> >>> repeat the 23rd Psalms.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> All this great crass
>>> >>> rejuvenating effort
>>> >>> making a last
>>> >>> slightly late retort.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> All of us
>>> >>> laughing
>>> >>> down the avenue.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> In that humid
>>> >>> spaced out
>>> >>> Summer of 1982.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Hercules Shiver
>>> >>> you were right
>>> >>> this is true.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Auto writing
>>> >>> for the myth
>>> >>> from the muse.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I made it just along the trail
>>> >>> court and spark
>>> >>> on a Saturday afternoon.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> As the world sleeps
>>> >>> nothing seems
>>> >>> to be moving.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> But that would
>>> >>> have to be
>>> >>> incorrect.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I have not decided
>>> >>> if you are real
>>> >>> or just a figment
>>> >>> from a fever dream.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> With wind
>>> >>> from the East
>>> >>> and a chill
>>> >>> not right for June.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> The night shines
>>> >>> and the torch lamp
>>> >>> glows
>>> >>> out there
>>> >>> down the hill.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Will you prefer
>>> >>> a lucky gnome
>>> >>> who was
>>> >>> not so sentimental?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> -Will Dockery / June 12 2020

> Revisiting old fave as I sit at side of river fishing....

Good morning, thanks again.

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