I didn't realize Raunchy and Meow were in on this challenge as well. I vote for them to stay, but I think this whole challenge deal is a little manipulative. Does one really need their postings affirmed like this?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_re...@...> wrote: > > Well folks, the time approacheth. Raunchy and Meow have integrity, and > they've taken a vow to take time off from posting here if they don't get at > least a few more of you to say, "Here's my vote, please stay here with us." > > Raunchy and Meow are hitting us with poetry -- words like grand piano notes > that are struck solid like Cupid's arrows plunking a heart. > > If these two cannot get the votes from folks here -- even given the sheer > artificiality, the ego, the nether dynamics of Edg's intent when he first > took his vow -- all that is nothing, a pin prick only, compared to the sting > of knowing that not enough FFLers could even append one of their posts with > "Yeah, okay, I vote for Raunchy and Meow." To not even be able to do that > for these fine troubadours, well, what does that say, what does that say? > > I don't want to stop posting here, but my vow is my vow, and it'll be a good > therapy for me to take 30 days to mull the apathy here and try to find even > one reason to start posting here again. Given the shut down nature of the > minds here if they cannot even, as a playful token, signify their resonance > with Raunchy and Meow by typing about ten words, then, indeed, why would > anyone ever want to post here? > > There, that's the word I was looking for: playful. Where are the playful > natures that all of us thought we'd end up owning by being spiritual? What > is a party at Rick's worth if everyone is frowning and cannot get it up to > pat a fellow poster on the back for all the focus and intent and passion they > use to chisel out a block of text that can entertain, open minds, and inspire > us to see the harmonies that are "just there" here at Rick's Party. > > Calling all hearts, calling all hearts, be on the lookout for the least > compassion within -- if found, ask yourself if Raunchy and Meow are worth > five seconds of your time. > > Get out the vote -- you have a chance to directly affect your future in a > powerful and obvious way -- far more satisfying certain to assure something > real happens than, say, voting for Obama was an act of certainty for you. > > Edg > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchydog@> wrote: > > > > A Gift > > > > Anointing fingertips > > Touch slices of sky > > Gathering stars > > Like treasured pebbles > > In pants pockets > > > > Calculous collisions in space > > Bump and grind > > Like angels arabesquing > > On pins of benediction > > > > Shiny Zodiac tracks > > Trace glittery destinies > > Arrayed on brilliant orbs > > Girdling Earth's > > Watery swirls of eddies > > Mirror the heavens > > Kissing my feet > > > > Recalling lost ties to transits > > Reflective tide pools > > Teaming with life > > Benevolent voices > > From ancient springs > > Rippling recognition > > > > An awesome ache > > Of gratitude > > Shatters my heart > > Prostrating, > > I hum shape notes > > Noting moon faces > > Nadirs ago > > Catching Zenith rising > > From cat naps > > Arcing timelessly > > Silently signing off > > > > Whisper blue wishes > > In retrograde > > Penumbra confection > > Blinking, grins at luck > > Coming up empty handed > > A gift > > > > raunchydog > > >
