June 27, 2011
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Ode
Set your engines for the sky
Drain the swamps my little butterfly
This Murphy's game of looking at the ground
Only fit for those wearing shackling nounsDream of perfection's shroud
Only with knowledge of its dark, hidden cloud
Dream of irrigating the masses
As they pliantly forget their blessesDon't forget the grounding ground's ground
The anchor you take to Atlas for his hand to pound
People, oh people they remember
Don't let them dismember
Your rusty shaft
Comments (7)
Oh my! This one rocks. How's life?
@jamekablue - Apparently life's not so good for our Nelson if he's worried about what might be done to to his rusty shaft.
Those pumps do look ode. Nyuk nyuk nyuk.
There used to be spectacular swamps and forests in Indiana. I read about them in the Gene Stratton Porter books about the Limberlost. The forests were harvested, the swamps drained, and now mostly what you have left is flat farmland. And ode pumps with rusty shafts.
I need my masses irrigated. I had to work in a 95-degree place today, and got quite sweaty.
@doahsdeer - Well, I wasn't gonna say anything... ; p
Hey I liked your ode!
@jamekablue - Life is goood...I think?...I don't know, it is busy like always...and I think I am trying to adjust to that fact...how are you?
@doahsdeer - you can't let people start giving you the shaft...or cutting it...
@Roadkill_Spatula - just reading that makes me sweat....
and yes that particular area is a wildlife and fish protection area...Indiana was once almost completely wetland...
@splendidam - thank you
@HereLiesNelsontheGreat - I'm well, thanks.