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Erebus disaster - November zulu niner zero one November zulu niner zero one This is Vanda Station. We have clear weather with no cloud and little wind. If you want to fly over the dry valleys we will flash you with our signal mirrors so you can pinpoint the station. Vanda Station, this is NZ niner zero one Roger, we are now just north of Cape Hallett and will call you again for directions. November Zulu Niner zero one Vanda Station. Roger It’s a right hand turn just after Beaufort Island. For the next few hours There was no word worst feared not heard The radio crackled through the night In the un natural sound of SSB All crew up drinking coffee and tea with the midnight sun Glued to the HF single sideband November zulu niner zero one November zulu niner zero one This is mac centre mac centre howcopy November zulu niner zero one This is vanda station vanda station five four zero zero Relay relay mac centre mac centre Please contact mac centre eight niner niner sefen Contact mac centre eight niner niner sefen Relay relay mac centre Contact mac centre eight niner niner sefen howcopy All through the night Over and over Hour after hour The same message Until that fateful call Feared by all Mac centre mac centre This is navy three two one wreckage sighting wreckage sighting howcopy mac centre navy three one niner Longitude One six sefen Two sefen echo Latitude Sefen six Two six sierra howcopy Mac centre mac centre This is Navy three two one Correction Correction I say again latitude I say again Latitude Sefen sefen Two six sierra howcopy Mac centre Navy three two one Ahh ahh mac centre There appear to be no survivors Howcopy So it was then, That the on board data longitude error some would blame for the crash Is something that happens often but is accommodated by good airmanship by not relying on one thing alone. was repeated in similar fate by a latitude error in the crash site location message from the search aircraft XD01-48321 that found a terrible sight that the sun stayed up on late on a truly awful night when 257 souls met their fate. ©GARY LEWIS.2009
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Oct 8, 2013
Oct 8, 2013 at 5:09 PM UTC
Untitled
Erebus disaster - November zulu niner zero one November zulu niner zero one This is Vanda Station. We have clear weather with no cloud and little wind. If you want to fly over the dry valleys we will flash you with our signal mirrors so you can pinpoint the station. Vanda Station, this is NZ niner zero one Roger, we are now just north of Cape Hallett and will call you again for directions. November Zulu Niner zero one Vanda Station. Roger It’s a right hand turn just after Beaufort Island. For the next few hours There was no word worst feared not heard The radio crackled through the night In the un natural sound of SSB All crew up drinking coffee and tea with the midnight sun Glued to the HF single sideband November zulu niner zero one November zulu niner zero one This is mac centre mac centre howcopy November zulu niner zero one This is vanda station vanda station five four zero zero Relay relay mac centre mac centre Please contact mac centre eight niner niner sefen Contact mac centre eight niner niner sefen Relay relay mac centre Contact mac centre eight niner niner sefen howcopy All through the night Over and over Hour after hour The same message Until that fateful call Feared by all Mac centre mac centre This is navy three two one wreckage sighting wreckage sighting howcopy mac centre navy three one niner Longitude One six sefen Two sefen echo Latitude Sefen six Two six sierra howcopy Mac centre mac centre This is Navy three two one Correction Correction I say again latitude I say again Latitude Sefen sefen Two six sierra howcopy Mac centre Navy three two one Ahh ahh mac centre There appear to be no survivors Howcopy So it was then, That the on board data longitude error some would blame for the crash Is something that happens often but is accommodated by good airmanship by not relying on one thing alone. was repeated in similar fate by a latitude error in the crash site location message from the search aircraft XD01-48321 that found a terrible sight that the sun stayed up on late on a truly awful night when 257 souls met their fate. ©GARY LEWIS.2009
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I don’t care, That you don’t care, About caring about What I care for. And you know what? I don’t care that You won’t care for the only thing that I really care for. What if I care about cake? Would you not care about cake? Would you not care ABOUT CAKE? You care about cake, of course you do. I can see it in your eyes and by that tell tale dribble at your mouth. Cake is something that will make your legs quake with butter cream goodness. A good cake baked, makes you proud to be a cake baking citizen in a country that will let you bake cake. So what if I care about democracy. Would you not care about democracy? Would you let people live in fear of the **** of a gun, Would you care that there are those who are on the run from tyranny and violence who know pain and loss, that you could only wake up from, in a cold sweat? As you turn and toss in your memory foam bed. There is more happening on this Earth Then cake. There are greater causes than choosing between Thortons Double Chocolate Celebration and that traditional Victoria Sponge your Mother-in-law won in a raffle last week. The struggle humanity faces, is to live in harmony with each other. It cannot be resolved with cake. You cannot bring democracy to a country with cake. Or can we? What if we swapped, Non radar detectable aircraft For dairy delectable foodcraft, What if we swapped 12inch shells for 12 thousand babybels? What if we stole RPGs and gave back MSG’s (they’re less harmful in the long run, if thrown at you). What if, for once, everyone cared. And then we’d get somewhere. Every voice in every home Would not be a voice alone, And for once, we’d all agree about the fact we like cake and democracy for all.
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Mar 16, 2010
Mar 16, 2010 at 8:19 AM UTC
Cake and Democracy
I don’t care, That you don’t care, About caring about What I care for. And you know what? I don’t care that You won’t care for the only thing that I really care for. What if I care about cake? Would you not care about cake? Would you not care ABOUT CAKE? You care about cake, of course you do. I can see it in your eyes and by that tell tale dribble at your mouth. Cake is something that will make your legs quake with butter cream goodness. A good cake baked, makes you proud to be a cake baking citizen in a country that will let you bake cake. So what if I care about democracy. Would you not care about democracy? Would you let people live in fear of the **** of a gun, Would you care that there are those who are on the run from tyranny and violence who know pain and loss, that you could only wake up from, in a cold sweat? As you turn and toss in your memory foam bed. There is more happening on this Earth Then cake. There are greater causes than choosing between Thortons Double Chocolate Celebration and that traditional Victoria Sponge your Mother-in-law won in a raffle last week. The struggle humanity faces, is to live in harmony with each other. It cannot be resolved with cake. You cannot bring democracy to a country with cake. Or can we? What if we swapped, Non radar detectable aircraft For dairy delectable foodcraft, What if we swapped 12inch shells for 12 thousand babybels? What if we stole RPGs and gave back MSG’s (they’re less harmful in the long run, if thrown at you). What if, for once, everyone cared. And then we’d get somewhere. Every voice in every home Would not be a voice alone, And for once, we’d all agree about the fact we like cake and democracy for all.
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Erebus disaster - November zulu niner zero one November zulu niner zero one This is Vanda Station. We have clear weather with no cloud and little wind. If you want to fly over the dry valleys we will flash you with our signal mirrors so you can pinpoint the station. Vanda Station, this is NZ niner zero one Roger, we are now just north of Cape Hallett and will call you again for directions. November Zulu Niner zero one Vanda Station. Roger It’s a right hand turn just after Beaufort Island. For the next few hours There was no word worst feared not heard The radio crackled through the night In the un natural sound of SSB All crew up drinking coffee and tea with the midnight sun Glued to the HF single sideband November zulu niner zero one November zulu niner zero one This is mac centre mac centre howcopy November zulu niner zero one This is vanda station vanda station five four zero zero Relay relay mac centre mac centre Please contact mac centre eight niner niner sefen Contact mac centre eight niner niner sefen Relay relay mac centre Contact mac centre eight niner niner sefen howcopy All through the night Over and over Hour after hour The same message Until that fateful call Feared by all Mac centre mac centre This is navy three two one wreckage sighting wreckage sighting howcopy mac centre navy three one niner Longitude One six sefen Two sefen echo Latitude Sefen six Two six sierra howcopy Mac centre mac centre This is Navy three two one Correction Correction I say again latitude I say again Latitude Sefen sefen Two six sierra howcopy Mac centre Navy three two one Ahh ahh mac centre There appear to be no survivors Howcopy So it was then, That the on board data longitude error some would blame for the crash Is something that happens often but is accommodated by good airmanship by not relying on one thing alone. was repeated in similar fate by a latitude error in the crash site location message from the search aircraft XD01-48321 that found a terrible sight that the sun stayed up on late on a truly awful night when 257 souls met their fate. ©GARY LEWIS.2009
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Oct 8, 2013
Oct 8, 2013 at 5:09 PM UTC
Untitled
Erebus disaster - November zulu niner zero one November zulu niner zero one This is Vanda Station. We have clear weather with no cloud and little wind. If you want to fly over the dry valleys we will flash you with our signal mirrors so you can pinpoint the station. Vanda Station, this is NZ niner zero one Roger, we are now just north of Cape Hallett and will call you again for directions. November Zulu Niner zero one Vanda Station. Roger It’s a right hand turn just after Beaufort Island. For the next few hours There was no word worst feared not heard The radio crackled through the night In the un natural sound of SSB All crew up drinking coffee and tea with the midnight sun Glued to the HF single sideband November zulu niner zero one November zulu niner zero one This is mac centre mac centre howcopy November zulu niner zero one This is vanda station vanda station five four zero zero Relay relay mac centre mac centre Please contact mac centre eight niner niner sefen Contact mac centre eight niner niner sefen Relay relay mac centre Contact mac centre eight niner niner sefen howcopy All through the night Over and over Hour after hour The same message Until that fateful call Feared by all Mac centre mac centre This is navy three two one wreckage sighting wreckage sighting howcopy mac centre navy three one niner Longitude One six sefen Two sefen echo Latitude Sefen six Two six sierra howcopy Mac centre mac centre This is Navy three two one Correction Correction I say again latitude I say again Latitude Sefen sefen Two six sierra howcopy Mac centre Navy three two one Ahh ahh mac centre There appear to be no survivors Howcopy So it was then, That the on board data longitude error some would blame for the crash Is something that happens often but is accommodated by good airmanship by not relying on one thing alone. was repeated in similar fate by a latitude error in the crash site location message from the search aircraft XD01-48321 that found a terrible sight that the sun stayed up on late on a truly awful night when 257 souls met their fate. ©GARY LEWIS.2009
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Another Version Hartley Forde You can’t see the wind, But that old mango tree, Outside my window, tell me it’s there.. . I never travel with a raincoat, Even though I hate getting wet, Then here comes the aches and pain And I started to wonder, was it because I got a little insane.. I thought that I could Have run faster than it pours I haven’t heard of any aircraft that outrun  a jet plane yet, But, not so anymore, I never leave my coat and cane, When I am on a stool, Oh dear, what has happened to me? Am I aging? I am not young anymore, Nor grey, nor old: for age is just a number, But when the toil of the day Merges with the aches and pain With sighing sounds I start to wonder: I still dance the night away, with my social tunes, And waltz across the floor to all-time favorite of Strauss See how I step back in time with the reggae beat, Lighter than a feather on my feet, Smiling, with my pearly teeth from ear to ear: Life just isn’t fear: because age is just a number That’s when the rubs and oil granny left me: Come alive again in the neck of time, to soothe the pain of my aching joints I smile once again and said “Oh dear, what do they say again, Age is just a number and life begins at forty, Because, I am just starting to be naughty: Downhill ! written by: Hartley Forde
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Sep 19, 2018
Sep 19, 2018 at 6:48 PM UTC
Down Hill: Hartley Forde
It been a while now I'm back, playing the beat on a track, Lyrically I attack, I'm an M C, So naturally, That's how I react, You might not get my psych, goin ape shyte crazy, chasin these monkeys of my back, I guess opposites still attract. Rapidly rapping raps, spitting facts, I'm what these other cats lack, cut from another cloth, Can't cut'em no slack, This rifts, rat, I'm way better than that I master my craft Like captain kirk taking a bath higher than an aircraft Plotting my path like a hovercraft Fully prepared for the crash. These other guys, think they fly, I just laugh. They get puff up, While I pass by, getting Roughed up, crossing my path Iooking like ironman with this mic in my hand, Feels like I'm hold a staff. Like a titan, I clash. I am the better man, check my clasp, I got a better plan, Better lyrical grasp, I'm so smooth, These other rappers, rap sound like *** I land minds, no gymnastic class my geographic quadgraphics better than a veteran with a can of V8 in his hand Still crazy from the war, tasted the blood of a warrior, Now I'm thirsty for more. I'm dropping bombs like the army core in 94 With more confidence than Al b sure on tour Finding common sense scattered all over the floor Picking up feed back on channel 4 Turning the microphones up, Then slam it to the floor, Cause I don't want to rap anymore, Back and forth I go, It's all a part of the flow, I'm just putting on a show, rhythm book, pinned up, It's a wrap, flow after flow, Pulling up, getting my spins up, The treble and bass doing chin ups, While I'm spitting rhythms galore,
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Sep 22, 2014
Sep 22, 2014 at 8:09 AM UTC
Rap Artist Freestyle
It been a while now I'm back, playing the beat on a track, Lyrically I attack, I'm an M C, So naturally, That's how I react, You might not get my psych, goin ape shyte crazy, chasin these monkeys of my back, I guess opposites still attract. Rapidly rapping raps, spitting facts, I'm what these other cats lack, cut from another cloth, Can't cut'em no slack, This rifts, rat, I'm way better than that I master my craft Like captain kirk taking a bath higher than an aircraft Plotting my path like a hovercraft Fully prepared for the crash. These other guys, think they fly, I just laugh. They get puff up, While I pass by, getting Roughed up, crossing my path Iooking like ironman with this mic in my hand, Feels like I'm hold a staff. Like a titan, I clash. I am the better man, check my clasp, I got a better plan, Better lyrical grasp, I'm so smooth, These other rappers, rap sound like *** I land minds, no gymnastic class my geographic quadgraphics better than a veteran with a can of V8 in his hand Still crazy from the war, tasted the blood of a warrior, Now I'm thirsty for more. I'm dropping bombs like the army core in 94 With more confidence than Al b sure on tour Finding common sense scattered all over the floor Picking up feed back on channel 4 Turning the microphones up, Then slam it to the floor, Cause I don't want to rap anymore, Back and forth I go, It's all a part of the flow, I'm just putting on a show, rhythm book, pinned up, It's a wrap, flow after flow, Pulling up, getting my spins up, The treble and bass doing chin ups, While I'm spitting rhythms galore,
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BACKGROUND. I was working at an international airport as a aircraft cleaner, this ment we went on to the planes to clean them before they went on there next flight. I was the supervisor of a team of 6 that night, so it was my job to go to the aircraft and talk with the number one, (the number one is the head hostess), she told us when we could board the aircraft. At the door I could see a young girl and a lady, sitting in the front row, I asked the number one if we could board, she told me they are waiting for a wheel chair for the young girl. The wheel chair did not turn up until after this story. This is what happened next. I will pick the story up after my question to the number one. THE SHORT STORY, OF A TRUE EVENT IN MY LIFE. I am standing on the aircraft by the young girl and the number one, when I heard the girl say. MOM! can I see the controls of the plane. I am not sure if the number one heard this, so I related to her. She told me she would ask the captain, and left to do so. I was alone with the girl and the lady, so I spoke to the lady. Hi i said, where have you come from? The lady answered, we have been to disney land. Wow or something like that I said, that must have been fun, the young girl spoke up. it was, I saw lot of things, Micky Mouse. I asked the girl her name. Samantha she said. At that the number one came back. And told us, as soon as the wheel chair is here, the captain say you can look at the flight deck. The young girl said, can I not go now? I needed to get my cleaning team on the aircraft! So I said to the number one. I will carry her to the flight deck if that is ok. It was agreed. So I picked up young Samantha, and carried her forward to the flight deck. number one and Lady behind me. The number one past me, to ask the captain, if this was ok, and it was. As we entered the captain said, hi my name is John. the young girl said hi my is Samantha, welcome sammy, said the captain. The co pilot stood up, to give Samantha his seat. The captain and Sammy talk about the instruments. The captain still had his head phones around his neck, What are those? Sammy asked. That is my contact with the flight controllers he said, can I have a go? Sammy said. The captain put on his head phone and asked the control tower, and she did have a go. Then the wheel chair turned up, and the captain was told by the number one. You must go now Sammy, thank you John she said, I picked her up from the co-pilots seat, thanked the captain, and the co-pilot on the way out, also the number one, and took the girl down the plane, Sammy then asked me. What is your name? Paul I said, she then said this to me. Thank you Paul I will remember that the rest of my life, at this the lady burst into tears, I placed Sammy in the wheel chair and walked with them to the exit. I asked the lady, why do you cry, she told me that Sammy was dyeing of cancer and he flight was for a cure and a trip to disneyland, but the cure, did not work, and Sammy might be dead within the year. I cried for about an hour!
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Nov 15, 2011
Nov 15, 2011 at 7:37 AM UTC
THIS IS A SHORT STORY, OF A TRUE EVENT IN MY LIFE. Not a Poem!
BACKGROUND. I was working at an international airport as a aircraft cleaner, this ment we went on to the planes to clean them before they went on there next flight. I was the supervisor of a team of 6 that night, so it was my job to go to the aircraft and talk with the number one, (the number one is the head hostess), she told us when we could board the aircraft. At the door I could see a young girl and a lady, sitting in the front row, I asked the number one if we could board, she told me they are waiting for a wheel chair for the young girl. The wheel chair did not turn up until after this story. This is what happened next. I will pick the story up after my question to the number one. THE SHORT STORY, OF A TRUE EVENT IN MY LIFE. I am standing on the aircraft by the young girl and the number one, when I heard the girl say. MOM! can I see the controls of the plane. I am not sure if the number one heard this, so I related to her. She told me she would ask the captain, and left to do so. I was alone with the girl and the lady, so I spoke to the lady. Hi i said, where have you come from? The lady answered, we have been to disney land. Wow or something like that I said, that must have been fun, the young girl spoke up. it was, I saw lot of things, Micky Mouse. I asked the girl her name. Samantha she said. At that the number one came back. And told us, as soon as the wheel chair is here, the captain say you can look at the flight deck. The young girl said, can I not go now? I needed to get my cleaning team on the aircraft! So I said to the number one. I will carry her to the flight deck if that is ok. It was agreed. So I picked up young Samantha, and carried her forward to the flight deck. number one and Lady behind me. The number one past me, to ask the captain, if this was ok, and it was. As we entered the captain said, hi my name is John. the young girl said hi my is Samantha, welcome sammy, said the captain. The co pilot stood up, to give Samantha his seat. The captain and Sammy talk about the instruments. The captain still had his head phones around his neck, What are those? Sammy asked. That is my contact with the flight controllers he said, can I have a go? Sammy said. The captain put on his head phone and asked the control tower, and she did have a go. Then the wheel chair turned up, and the captain was told by the number one. You must go now Sammy, thank you John she said, I picked her up from the co-pilots seat, thanked the captain, and the co-pilot on the way out, also the number one, and took the girl down the plane, Sammy then asked me. What is your name? Paul I said, she then said this to me. Thank you Paul I will remember that the rest of my life, at this the lady burst into tears, I placed Sammy in the wheel chair and walked with them to the exit. I asked the lady, why do you cry, she told me that Sammy was dyeing of cancer and he flight was for a cure and a trip to disneyland, but the cure, did not work, and Sammy might be dead within the year. I cried for about an hour!
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He fly above the same airport Waiting for a chance to land on the runway The runway of her heart Nobody knows how long he waited but the Lord That airport have only one parking spot and  one runway And occupied by one aircraft It's hopeless To wait for that parked aircraft to take off and gone forever He began to feel desperate All his patience, all of his waiting, gave him a mental break He opens his sectional Pull out his plotter Change his heading bug in his heading indicator He finally said, with a smile “It’s time to divert” Waste of fuel and time Waste of credits and dimes Too long he was holding Now it’s time for leaving He will never know How does the runway and the taxi light glows After sunset and before sunrise He will never feel The satisfaction for using the service 24 hours everyday and night He will never see The runway decorated by green grass, flowers and trees The beauty of the airport’s sight But it’s for the best
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Jul 18, 2018
Jul 18, 2018 at 3:30 AM UTC
Divert
It hath yet to clear away from the skies of the bereaved hearts: of family and friends, neighbours and colleagues, church members and associates--the sudden pall of smoke of sorrow that arose a week agone, precisely on the Lord's Day last--from the debris of deaths of the Dana plane accident in Lagos, Nigeria. When that evil bruit first on the radio i heard, like lead sank fast to the very base of the sea of woe, my heart; and wailing was i within like a child that's bereft of breast milk. I could not my tongue find again, for words were as sand heavy in my mouth. All earthly pleasures did de- part my thoughts at once, losing all known appetites for ecstasy For the 153 souls that perished in the ill-fated plane crash, when upon a two-story building with its belly fell; killing 6 more people besides the number aboard the aircraft who, like everyone else on that Sunday, were having a nice day in their various homes. of whose tale amongst the unfortunate victims should i tell thee: Is it of the bright, warm and lovely lady that came from the US to celebrate her brother's wedding with her children and died along with her family whole-- husband, two kids, and a set of twins, mother, and two cousins? Or is it of those who had gone to visit their friends but met their death untimely in that damaged building? Or is it of the air hostess that was to get married next July? Or is it of the very reverend Cole and his darling wife? Or is it of the brass hats, professor, corps member and top civil servants? I can not exhaust the tragedy's list! It's too great a tale to be told by me--the sad loss of precious lives like mine! And for 3 days in grief hung the country's flag in a half-flown position, lowering its high head in ashes of sympathy as the nation at large did mourn the dead and condoled with their families.
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Jun 10, 2012
Jun 10, 2012 at 1:16 PM UTC
DANA Plane Crash: Mind Lost Its Rhymes
It hath yet to clear away from the skies of the bereaved hearts: of family and friends, neighbours and colleagues, church members and associates--the sudden pall of smoke of sorrow that arose a week agone, precisely on the Lord's Day last--from the debris of deaths of the Dana plane accident in Lagos, Nigeria. When that evil bruit first on the radio i heard, like lead sank fast to the very base of the sea of woe, my heart; and wailing was i within like a child that's bereft of breast milk. I could not my tongue find again, for words were as sand heavy in my mouth. All earthly pleasures did de- part my thoughts at once, losing all known appetites for ecstasy For the 153 souls that perished in the ill-fated plane crash, when upon a two-story building with its belly fell; killing 6 more people besides the number aboard the aircraft who, like everyone else on that Sunday, were having a nice day in their various homes. of whose tale amongst the unfortunate victims should i tell thee: Is it of the bright, warm and lovely lady that came from the US to celebrate her brother's wedding with her children and died along with her family whole-- husband, two kids, and a set of twins, mother, and two cousins? Or is it of those who had gone to visit their friends but met their death untimely in that damaged building? Or is it of the air hostess that was to get married next July? Or is it of the very reverend Cole and his darling wife? Or is it of the brass hats, professor, corps member and top civil servants? I can not exhaust the tragedy's list! It's too great a tale to be told by me--the sad loss of precious lives like mine! And for 3 days in grief hung the country's flag in a half-flown position, lowering its high head in ashes of sympathy as the nation at large did mourn the dead and condoled with their families.
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In Battalion, Misery is served in a thousand ways. Misery is served in buckets of rain and hours of wind. Unyielding, soul-sucking cold and wet. Porous jungle boots that invite the frigid water in and soften your feet for a relentless 30 mile march. Misery is served in a stifling aircraft flying Nap of the Earth. A nauseating rollercoaster ride that never fails to elicit chain reaction vomiting from the paratroopers rigged to jump. Misery is served at pool PT When your arms and legs feel like lead and drowning is a better alternative than the aquatic torture that you’re enduring. Misery is served during blistering Company runs led by the Commander who was a college decathlete. Runs where the strongest of us pulled aside, emptied our stomachs, and rejoined the formation. Misery is served by no warning alerts separating families and lovers for indefinite periods, sometimes forever. Misery is served by the Spec 4 Mafia Unleashing Hell on new Rangers testing their threshold for **** Misery is served by road marches, prickly heat, Black Palm, and sawgrass. It’s served by desert heat, Arctic cold, and the stench of the world’s worst places. Misery is served by the loss of brothers in war and training, gone too soon to join the Great Ranger in the Sky. Through it all, misery hardened my body and strengthened my soul. It made me a warrior and ushered me into a Brotherhood that will be with me until we all sit at the great table in Valhalla. So on this Veteran’s Day Embrace the **** Endure the pain Invite the Misery For that’s what makes us Men amongst Men Rangers Lead The Way.
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Nov 6, 2015
Nov 6, 2015 at 10:34 AM UTC
The Gift of Pain
In Battalion, Misery is served in a thousand ways. Misery is served in buckets of rain and hours of wind. Unyielding, soul-sucking cold and wet. Porous jungle boots that invite the frigid water in and soften your feet for a relentless 30 mile march. Misery is served in a stifling aircraft flying Nap of the Earth. A nauseating rollercoaster ride that never fails to elicit chain reaction vomiting from the paratroopers rigged to jump. Misery is served at pool PT When your arms and legs feel like lead and drowning is a better alternative than the aquatic torture that you’re enduring. Misery is served during blistering Company runs led by the Commander who was a college decathlete. Runs where the strongest of us pulled aside, emptied our stomachs, and rejoined the formation. Misery is served by no warning alerts separating families and lovers for indefinite periods, sometimes forever. Misery is served by the Spec 4 Mafia Unleashing Hell on new Rangers testing their threshold for **** Misery is served by road marches, prickly heat, Black Palm, and sawgrass. It’s served by desert heat, Arctic cold, and the stench of the world’s worst places. Misery is served by the loss of brothers in war and training, gone too soon to join the Great Ranger in the Sky. Through it all, misery hardened my body and strengthened my soul. It made me a warrior and ushered me into a Brotherhood that will be with me until we all sit at the great table in Valhalla. So on this Veteran’s Day Embrace the **** Endure the pain Invite the Misery For that’s what makes us Men amongst Men Rangers Lead The Way.
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Rumors They fly Sometimes it seems they fly Faster then any aircraft Found in conspiracy or in the accepted reality Just the sight of a man entertaining a baby Makes him a good father Seeing a woman with a child giggling to no end Makes her a good mother When all they were trying to do is take care of a young one Rumors Be they good or be they cruel Write the history of the small minds that let them be truth Slowly they could become a weapon from Brahma or an ancient legend Rumors They do not need a body For they possess the foolish minds that believe Only those that find its mistakes Cause by the afflicted who tricked its tale See the true lights of what is said Rumors Let them inside And they will possess you Altering the truth to fit their existance
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Oct 7, 2012
Oct 7, 2012 at 12:10 AM UTC
Rumors
Aircraft blazin' fuel Aboon, "done-with's" grave floods sight, A calm midnight rain, The mind racing. Why Must the nurtured be blind eye Wilie McTell? Pain. The mind racing, on A smile, Lonesome star in opaque Darkness, Freedom From label. Freedom From responsibility. Freedom from action,                                       Is this noble,                          Or a jester's play in chess? Oh, must I turn my fist to face aloft, Straighten my clenched fingers, present you Burning embers of admiration, that for so long Have been stitched into my palm, Gifted from a passive voyager afar, Weary, to announce affection, For a grasp can only                          Last as long as                                               Two hands want to clasp.                                                                                What is on your mind?                                                 Aircraft blazin' fuel                                                 Aboon, "done-with's" grave floods sight,                                                 A calm midnight rain.                                                A chance to breathe.                                                Be my Sheppard.                                                Lead                                                Me to pastures of serenity                                                To graze in, until my eternal slumber.                          That's where I want to be.
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Sep 20, 2023
Sep 20, 2023 at 12:22 AM UTC
An Excerpt from The Journal of a Passive Voyager
Aircraft blazin' fuel Aboon, "done-with's" grave floods sight, A calm midnight rain, The mind racing. Why Must the nurtured be blind eye Wilie McTell? Pain. The mind racing, on A smile, Lonesome star in opaque Darkness, Freedom From label. Freedom From responsibility. Freedom from action,                                       Is this noble,                          Or a jester's play in chess? Oh, must I turn my fist to face aloft, Straighten my clenched fingers, present you Burning embers of admiration, that for so long Have been stitched into my palm, Gifted from a passive voyager afar, Weary, to announce affection, For a grasp can only                          Last as long as                                               Two hands want to clasp.                                                                                What is on your mind?                                                 Aircraft blazin' fuel                                                 Aboon, "done-with's" grave floods sight,                                                 A calm midnight rain.                                                A chance to breathe.                                                Be my Sheppard.                                                Lead                                                Me to pastures of serenity                                                To graze in, until my eternal slumber.                          That's where I want to be.
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You pull on my lip like an aircraft emergency oxygen system. Our engines catch fire as our tongues flutter like the wing's peeling metal, and as our eyes peek at one another between each plane crash of lips. We've lost cabin pressure as we can no longer control our bodies. We gasp for each other's breath as our shimmering structures roll around on the sky of my bed. We kiss like we've only got seconds left, when in reality, these moments will never die even if we do.
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Jul 22, 2014
Jul 22, 2014 at 2:49 PM UTC
Shimmering Structures
whenever I meet women on Lifts shopping waiting restaurants bus train aircraft my eyes are bucket to collect their staring and pour into my memory but soon forgot on the birth of next day it carry's on and on..
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Oct 6, 2018
Oct 6, 2018 at 10:29 PM UTC
Puppy Love
Your words are precision Bombs from slow junkers, Exploding between my ears. there are no bunkers. My response tumbles out stuttering like anti aircraft nests. They hit smoke at best. The alarms in my brain go off suppressed by tears discharged Heart, Trust, Ego, Friends over the years the shards....... Your armaments know where to hit and cause most damage, The sarcasm of your arsenic love language. Plumes of fiery emotion flare up, soon loves smoldering cracks . I dodge your heat seeking adjectives, they encircle in packs. Cold nights afloat clinging to this yellow deflated ego. falters Awaiting hope in pirated waters. Our love is war
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Aug 8, 2018
Aug 8, 2018 at 3:07 PM UTC
Our love is war
The ogre that I am, I sit in my man-cave. It’s bathed in light from my TV and laptop. Each is a portal to our ugly world. Regulated crystal-city skyscrapers Form Giant’s Causeways. Aircraft eagle overhead Reminding me of vultures And 9\11. Cars beetling about the suburbs, Some Beetles, Ha Ha. River highways cascading cars. Ants rush everywhere, A seething nest. So many an ant, Holding a conch to the ear, Or staring mesmerised at that tiny screen. Yoda fingers his phone… And me I sit here, Metamorphosing metaphors For a while Before I visit Facebook Land Once again. Paul Butters
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Feb 17, 2016
Feb 17, 2016 at 5:40 AM UTC
Ugly Beauty
The Hawker Hurricane is a British fighter design from the 1930s. Some 14,000 Hurricane and Sea Hurricane fighters and fighter-bombers were built by the end of 1944。 August 1940 brought what has become the Hurricane's shining moment in history: The Battle of Britain. RAF Hurricanes accounted for more enemy aircraft kills than all other defenses combined, including all aircraft and ground defenses. Later in the war, the Hurricane served admirably in North Africa, Burma, Malta, and nearly every other theater in which the RAF participated. The Hurricane underwent many modifications during its life, resulting in many major variants, including the Mk IA, with interchangeable wings housing eight 7.7mm (0.303in) guns;the Mk IIC, with a Merlin ** engine; the Mk IID, a tankbuster with two 40mm anti-tank guns plus two 7.7mm guns. During the war, Hurricanes were sold to Egypt, Finland, India, the Irish, Persia, Turkey and the USSR Air Corps.More in http://www.rangorango.com/124-series-c-1_5.html
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Aug 28, 2013
Aug 28, 2013 at 4:08 AM UTC
1/24 Scale model Hurricane Mk IID/Trop
Was it your beauty That distracts me? Was it your body That makes my focus blurry? Was it your smile That sets my heart on fire? Was it your eyes That makes me can’t see because it’s too bright? Was it the way your singing That makes me can’t hear the radio coming? Was it your brain That caused my heart to beats faster like bullet train? Or maybe your just overwhelming That inspired my dreams and caused me overthinking Whatever the reason is You made me crashed my aircraft Really **** hard That nearly caused a fatal injury
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Aug 22, 2018
Aug 22, 2018 at 2:34 AM UTC
Now I can't fly anymore
We laugh. We have too. When automotive executives speak about the electric cars running the future. Why? You say. Okay, for a better word ask? Many of us aware this will only work completely if they eliminate gasoline. Yes, if our government legislature passes a law stating it. We saw how they dictate high definition rules with television to the states. The electric car reminds us of the fools behind driverless cars. That alone is a hipster joke to various people. A mind must operate the various options of the automotive. When to stop? When to move? We know mistakes have occurred presently with this method What's next? Driverless planes with no pilot aboard. Calling all mountains, look out! Calling all skyscrapers, be aware! Even other aircraft just flying in the air. So, here we are? Listening to others pushing the electric car. Eventually, you have to charge it. **** How long with that be?
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Oct 14, 2017
Oct 14, 2017 at 7:37 PM UTC
The Electric Car
Lining up batteries of anti-aircraft anti-everything all anti- something this and that distribution centre for psychological pressure backed by radio, TV presidents staring straight newspapers, journals and dialogues around flash round tables on the whys how’s and who’s sneaky microphone hidden in flower pots, long distance listening devices. Telephones tapped wives tapped, senior diplomats and doormats tapped wives tapped on shoulders whispered to: watch out for Joe blogs he has a roving eye. see me tonight, after dinner. The russians have warship A into Zone B the chinese have shifted anti-missile up the mountains near tibet, near nepal near taiwan, near  the hormuz straits into africa, zimbabwe, fiji, and northern china who cares. Tomorrow they will shift out again. the pressure is building in the ukraine, turkey is on fire The north koreans have no power as seen from satelllites The president has run of tomato sauce so he has asked for a shipload from us of a ship it with some spies dressed as tomatoes god its killing me these acupuncture points three more needles please! Author Notes Relentless. ( an wacky I s'pose). Think about it all. © Marshall Gass. All rights reserved.
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Apr 1, 2014
Apr 1, 2014 at 4:20 PM UTC
Power Posture
The Mujahideen fight for their way of life They simply want to practice their religion Follow their religion And live in peace The Soviets have no right to invade And tell them how to live Rocket propelled grenades Were effectivey used at the Kandahar pass Soviet tanks were sitting ducks They met their end Guerilla fighters Walk and fight in the mountains They mastered the ambush The Battle of Arghandab The Soviets attacked An entrenched Mujahideen The Afghan government forces often defected to the resistance Some Soviet aircraft Were shot down by Stinger missles Provided by the U.S. The Russian people were lied to About what their military was doing there They were told they were nation building The war caused around one million civilian deaths And the emigration of 5 to 10 million Afghans
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May 24, 2015
May 24, 2015 at 11:27 PM UTC
Mujahideen Fought Bravely
Around a big glass table reflecting chandeliers suits, oxford knotted ties, long tongues gathered to move an anti-aircraft division across the western border straddling two different opinions. at dusk under the silk of darkness the satellites zoomed in on the convoy of green dressed camouflaged trucks, Slinking down the back roads under infra-red eyes six hundred kms across the mountains to take up new positions. At dawn the satellites spoke to each other and defied opinions made at the round table. The longest tongue now hanging out in sheer delight at operation well done, like steak! Without discussion the satellites ordered the trucks back to where they came from! When the war began the anti-aircraft guns were ready and waiting for the enemy in the wrong location. A flock of geese migrating from Canada to Kazakhstan were met with missiles attracted by the metal tags researchers had strapped around their ankles. As the feathers settled into the waiting valley two satellites in outer space laughed at each others games And switched off.
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Feb 27, 2014
Feb 27, 2014 at 12:49 AM UTC
War Games
"My first attempt in aerobatics" The trainee pilot, a petite girl softly replies. As the single engine trainer aircraft attempts a daring loop, my perplexed eyes see ground below races upwards! No time now for anything, but to enjoy the fruit of karma.
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Sep 29, 2012
Sep 29, 2012 at 3:04 PM UTC
Her dangerous maneuver, my karmic burden
She cries with the force of the stampede That killed Mufasa, and I forget the Viking blood that runs through us. Weakness on display is a sign of strength. She is the strongest person I know; Does almost everything without Me. Barely cries about it afterwards, When hindsight lets her see what she's Been through. Wake up, little heart; your nightmare is Over. Fall back asleep in arms that Care. Listen: It's not raining anymore. She calls out to me like air raid sirens Over a city dark with enemy aircraft Wings. But all is quiet now. Nothing harder than drops of Water ever fell. Sleep. Sun upon cloudless skies will See you smile, drowzy; unalone.
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May 27, 2017
May 27, 2017 at 6:05 PM UTC
Xenomorph, pt. 2
I watch the world from a mari-go-round twirling in circles twiddling my thumbs Falling from the piercing thunders in the sky full of lust and deception Silence was the enemy My ADHD can't deny the boredom of the same old routine hindering my existence Am I worthless? The shallow waters awaken my dream of rainforests and other pleasant things And reality is in the forecast with partly cloudy skies If only it were night forever than I could be most anything My imagination takes me further then any aircraft ever could So I dare the challenge of the never-ending; if forever could bare the soul I would be proof of history when I do conquer the world Defeat is not an option If superman existed, he would win and so can I and so can you I do know dreams come true There are Oscars and gold medals and soldiers overcoming death There are angels and saints saving us from ourselves There are wars and heroes and bad guys as well The devil does exist but God sees them as angels who fell I believe there is glory and freedom and peace It mustn't just be in my head full of dreams I will show you there is evidence if the good in the world When your vulnerable and naive there is more than meets the eye There are things out there you are meant to triumph if you put your best foot first And the circles in your creating will align and amount to you, in the perfect sense of harmony in a cold and grey and cynical universe There is yellow, there is blue there is gold but we are red But the colors you attract to are not affirmation You are priceless, immeasurable and incomparable even so A savage in the heat of battle, simmering to boil You're a warrior with the rest of them, with a stunning biography You are destined to create glory sublime in the phenomenon of impulse and heart Constructing immaculate stories to fill the pages of a book We are gifts from above, This can't all be in my head
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Aug 30, 2013
Aug 30, 2013 at 2:45 AM UTC
We are, we are
I watch the world from a mari-go-round twirling in circles twiddling my thumbs Falling from the piercing thunders in the sky full of lust and deception Silence was the enemy My ADHD can't deny the boredom of the same old routine hindering my existence Am I worthless? The shallow waters awaken my dream of rainforests and other pleasant things And reality is in the forecast with partly cloudy skies If only it were night forever than I could be most anything My imagination takes me further then any aircraft ever could So I dare the challenge of the never-ending; if forever could bare the soul I would be proof of history when I do conquer the world Defeat is not an option If superman existed, he would win and so can I and so can you I do know dreams come true There are Oscars and gold medals and soldiers overcoming death There are angels and saints saving us from ourselves There are wars and heroes and bad guys as well The devil does exist but God sees them as angels who fell I believe there is glory and freedom and peace It mustn't just be in my head full of dreams I will show you there is evidence if the good in the world When your vulnerable and naive there is more than meets the eye There are things out there you are meant to triumph if you put your best foot first And the circles in your creating will align and amount to you, in the perfect sense of harmony in a cold and grey and cynical universe There is yellow, there is blue there is gold but we are red But the colors you attract to are not affirmation You are priceless, immeasurable and incomparable even so A savage in the heat of battle, simmering to boil You're a warrior with the rest of them, with a stunning biography You are destined to create glory sublime in the phenomenon of impulse and heart Constructing immaculate stories to fill the pages of a book We are gifts from above, This can't all be in my head
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