tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45022005431867284452024-02-07T02:58:00.836-08:00Zeman's Musingswritings of a Lucky Dog unleashed on lifeDave Schipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193652145218842377noreply@blogger.comBlogger272125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4502200543186728445.post-33738417796287681932023-10-23T15:25:00.003-07:002023-10-23T15:26:32.590-07:00 Festival Girl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwFuCfQ64oUpiJGs03-71buaWFr60d7rRAeXdkwLLFQvTCR2l1gbcV85lMXej003o6KqfomupoVyvZk3nrBkRzRvcjtW6_o9lu4vs5nSZRS1_j_RHOGlqM23V7vMSQrHG5vJTluvgZ_jkDp7G_Fw79p3PySDvVzrv9RQkoiOjzluAs5VKTt4TvwsOCIFuU/s1117/Festival%20Girl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="706" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwFuCfQ64oUpiJGs03-71buaWFr60d7rRAeXdkwLLFQvTCR2l1gbcV85lMXej003o6KqfomupoVyvZk3nrBkRzRvcjtW6_o9lu4vs5nSZRS1_j_RHOGlqM23V7vMSQrHG5vJTluvgZ_jkDp7G_Fw79p3PySDvVzrv9RQkoiOjzluAs5VKTt4TvwsOCIFuU/w253-h400/Festival%20Girl.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Here’s to the freedom of joy</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">You dressed in your hippy print</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The wind blowing through you hair</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Delighted in what the notes hint</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
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</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Well away from the day to day</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Here among friends you don’t know</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Your eyes sparkle to strangers</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">And you don’t care what shows</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
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</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Will you remember this for years?</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Will you return to raise your children?</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Will you be the old lady in the river?</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Will you worry about money spent?</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
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</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Here’s to the freedom of now</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Let the wind blow and hair flow</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">You are the festival girl today</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">And you will reap the smiles you sowed</span><div><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">by Dave Schipper (c) 2023 Rose Riversongs<br /></span></span><div><br /></div><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wRjN7LGM6rg?si=212PS2GhYLlL_lAj" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div></div>Dave Schipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193652145218842377noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4502200543186728445.post-66937159011182779192023-03-02T09:09:00.003-08:002023-03-02T09:10:12.957-08:00The word was salacious<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDCYOJyrdkjurCuNiMF0hApyQmi7M6o4RlEqY8ms61-3gM8dhjTtI0JiqNQMguIO3IHAjk2pKSHIFbj5dp53TWBbOcu3jj-EzkWA4F9sY0FL1D1pfJS5pvu0YSr89HmVvqyXRnf4QS2K4bbsNUmRgTZX0tdX_ItweE1N5hq6DzYYf97DyU2qLcGjG5eA/s326/salacious.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="69" data-original-width="326" height="68" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDCYOJyrdkjurCuNiMF0hApyQmi7M6o4RlEqY8ms61-3gM8dhjTtI0JiqNQMguIO3IHAjk2pKSHIFbj5dp53TWBbOcu3jj-EzkWA4F9sY0FL1D1pfJS5pvu0YSr89HmVvqyXRnf4QS2K4bbsNUmRgTZX0tdX_ItweE1N5hq6DzYYf97DyU2qLcGjG5eA/s320/salacious.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>To say she was salacious</div><div>Under played her depth</div><div>Sure her nature, flirtatious</div><div>He clung to every breath</div><div>And my was she loquacious</div><div>Plus addictive as meth</div><div><br /></div><div>He kept peering into her eyes</div><div>The most brilliant blue</div><div>All those words could be lies</div><div>But he was lost in the view</div><div>And then she touched his thighs</div><div>He knew this couldn't be true</div><div><br /></div><div>By God's grace love happens</div><div>She did create Rom-Com's</div><div>Yes hookups are in fashion</div><div>But this touching was calm</div><div>Yes, yes, yes there was passion</div><div>More words NO! (face palm)</div><div><br /></div><div>We'll just end it there.</div><div><br /></div><div>(c) Dave Schipper Roseriversong 2023</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks to Sarah Morris who's songwriting group had the word salacious as a prompt. This is a slighty less wordy version of one I wrote as part of my a page a day for 40 days lent commitment to myself. I'll be choosy what I share, but I like how this one was so much fun.</div>Dave Schipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193652145218842377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4502200543186728445.post-66510491450254128602022-12-06T07:44:00.003-08:002022-12-06T07:44:22.576-08:00Wood Nymph<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i>Wood Nymph<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></b></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Today on the road to the old grind</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>I spied a wood nymph I was hoping to find</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Among the trees smiling warm and kind.</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>She had me play hooky, controlling my mind.</i></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>She radiated in the temped spring air</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Wearing green silk and flowers in her hair.</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>In her spell, I would follow anywhere.</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>‘Neath an oak, we petted her black hare.</i></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Buds sprang from the new warmth</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>I was filled with the virility of youth</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>While the air was with sweet vermouth</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Blindly I was led down her silent path.</i></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>To call it love would be pallid prose.</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>A mortal man, a Goddess juxtapose</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Then intertwined as the blood flows</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Blossoming a rare mountain rose.</i></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Transfixed by green eyes and brown hair</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>We found ourselves as a motionless pair</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>The wind shifted to cold blowing sudden tear</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>And I woke up in my office chair.</i></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Dave Schipper © 2008 Rose Riversongs</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I was surprised that this wasn't posted to this musings blog. I was reminded of it when Lola Kirke posted this photo. </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">She is the saint (and sinner) I first fell in love with on </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart_in_the_Jungle" style="font-family: trebuchet;" target="_blank">Mozart in the Jungle</a><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">; but now I follow her also as a musician.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"></span></p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl1H5LAMYdM/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0px 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl1H5LAMYdM/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A post shared by Lola Kirke (@lolakirke)</a></p></span></div></blockquote><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> <script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Dave Schipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193652145218842377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4502200543186728445.post-23671301146057460642022-11-10T08:19:00.008-08:002022-11-10T08:22:03.935-08:00Thanksgiving <p><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></p><p><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">We give thanks for us together, for fair traveling weather</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">And this bounty we’ll soon share, we give thanks for us today.</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">For our health, for the wealth</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">All friends that care</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">For our meal, For the love we feel</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wrapped in this warm home</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">We give thanks for the memories, And all of our families</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">And pray for the alone and forgotten, we give thanks for us today</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">For<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>our dreams, for our hopes</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">And so many goals</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">For the earth, our land of birth</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">To the heaven’s stars above</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">We give thanks to those departed, To them we owe our debt</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">And pray for their brave souls, we give thanks for them today</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">For the trees, flowers, bees</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">And the evening sun</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">For partners new and old</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Through whine or shine</span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>We give thanks for us together, For harvests of treasures</b><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now a bounty we can share, we give thanks</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>we give thanks, we give thanks, today</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span> </span>Thanksgiving Co Write- Nick Nichols & Dave Schipper (c) 2022 Rose Riversongs</p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;"><i>I was asked to put the following to music, and made the poem into a part A & B with Nick's approval. I'm pursuing better vocalists to sign the song, but here's what it sounds like.</i></span></b></p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/62nAV2lxOaI" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;"><i>Here is the original poem.</i></span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Thanksgiving 2014 - by Nick Nichols</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I give thanks for us together</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">For fair traveling weather</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And this bounty we’re soon to share</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I give thanks for our health</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I give thanks for the wealth</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Of our family and friends that care</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I give thanks for our meal</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">For the love that we feel</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Wrapped warm in this good solid home</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I give thanks for the memories</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And all of the families</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And pray no one is forgotten and alone</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I give thanks for dreams</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And for hope as ethereal as it may seem</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And so many unattainable goals</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I give thanks to those gone ahead</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">To them I owe my debt</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Those ancestors such brave and wonderful souls</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I give thanks to the earth</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And the land of my birth</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">To the stars and the heavens above</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I give thanks to the trees</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">The flowers and the bees</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And the warmth of an evening sun</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I give thanks for my life</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I give thanks for my wife</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And try so hard not to whine</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I give thanks for a soft shoulder</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Even as I grow older</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I give thanks for my little bit of time</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I give thanks for my devotion</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And my extreme emotions</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And patience and forgiveness too</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I give thanks that I’m here</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Freedoms ring is so clear</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I give thanks that I’m red, white and blue</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I give thanks for I have all I need</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I’m blessed so blessed indeed</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">So I give thanks</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I give thanks</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I give thanks</span></p><p><br /></p>Dave Schipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193652145218842377noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4502200543186728445.post-61822980636052969432022-09-07T07:26:00.009-07:002022-09-15T09:53:06.607-07:00Water is Life<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://first-avenue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Water-Is-Life-2022-090422-1080v3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://first-avenue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Water-Is-Life-2022-090422-1080v3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Mother Earth, now listen to us</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">We're protectors calling you</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Oh our brothers are misguided</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">They need wisdom to pull us through</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Water is life we all know that</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Sacred as the morning sun</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Still we hide ourselves in sin</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Ignoring all that we have done.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Human beings just formed of dust</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Would wither in the coming heat</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">We need to stop and check our actions</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">For our children to live and breathe</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">There are choices you can show us</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">There are actions we must take</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">We are all in this together</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">And we know what is at stake.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Mother Earth, guide us forward</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Take the plank from in our sight</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">We pray to stop the greedy bastards</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Form a new earth birthright</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Water is life be our battle cry</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">On our lips and mind each day</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Mark our journey with your blessings</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Let us feel the lake's spray.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">To the hymn tune Beach Spring</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">By Dave Schipper</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">(c) 2022 Roseriver Songs</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>This tune is one I love to play instrumentally and knew it belonged to this theme. Any one who would love to sing, to cover or publish these words, do so as a gift from me to the earth; just give me a byline so that we may have a source for more sharing. </i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;">Added later after original post was published, my singing of the song; p.s. I did tweak some of the words too to make it easier to sign.</p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hkov7t5QgsI" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div><br /></div><div>Of course retirement and an empty house for a few hours allowed me to record it and make it available for 100% proceeds going to <a href="https://honorearth.org/" target="_blank">Honor the Earth</a>.</div><div><br /><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=169135920/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 442px; width: 350px;"><a href="https://luckydogwi.bandcamp.com/track/water-is-life">Water is Life by Lucky Dog</a></iframe></div><div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>Here is the melody if you aren't familiar and want to sign to it.</i></span></p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nW4RZoEmB50" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div><br /></div><div>To read the Dave's Basement Tracks recap of the festival, <a href="https://davesbasementtracks.blogspot.com/2022/09/daves-music-106-labor-day-weekend-2022.html" target="_blank">Click Here.</a></div></div>Dave Schipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193652145218842377noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4502200543186728445.post-23817000810370020832022-09-06T06:05:00.006-07:002022-10-03T09:31:34.347-07:00Have You Written<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwkpAcSI9t2OiPC9Xc6pHKuM0AR0_SbBbtpjEUR2_n5ZE_8jEAJbrELgXd9ZEGYEXmFYelrpekRK9sXU5iyoW_-wxW93URNZfwSP5WJxQ7djF8XEJIWswbMuTRNIqUwGCKgJw9zrBwPbafF-Ts6ihRge-BB1oVBahbdg_zhOdpSoTE-8Rkmn9N6HrHw/s4500/AdobeStock_489257602.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwkpAcSI9t2OiPC9Xc6pHKuM0AR0_SbBbtpjEUR2_n5ZE_8jEAJbrELgXd9ZEGYEXmFYelrpekRK9sXU5iyoW_-wxW93URNZfwSP5WJxQ7djF8XEJIWswbMuTRNIqUwGCKgJw9zrBwPbafF-Ts6ihRge-BB1oVBahbdg_zhOdpSoTE-8Rkmn9N6HrHw/s320/AdobeStock_489257602.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Last time I saw you were</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Lost in a word devotion</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Chopping and choosing</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">A mixed salad of emotions</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Have you written it down?</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">You are so good with words</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I’m sure I’ll be edited out<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">You wave that pen as a sword</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">You looked up with those</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Black holes of eyes</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Pulling out my sadness<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Leaving me an empty prize</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Lady luck was not at my back</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">You smiled and looked down</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">For the Five seconds I had</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">No time to generate a noun</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">So what have you written</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Who have you sliced and diced</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Was it from your stash of slights</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Bitter words are saved on ice</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">If you have written down</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Your words all velvety</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Tell me them quietly</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I can be your melody</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">by Dave Schipper</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">(c) 2022 Roseriver Songs </span></p>Dave Schipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193652145218842377noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4502200543186728445.post-8452406455545624012022-07-03T08:18:00.005-07:002022-07-03T17:57:25.091-07:00Cooking with Bao<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i> (first off Bao is pronounced like bow, as in bow and arrow)</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">From the farmer’s market,</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">To your kitchen table</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Vegetables take the lead</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Bao will show what’s able</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Hand picked them just for you</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Fresh as all can be</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Radish, carrots, beets,</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Even sugar snap peas</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Hmong grown with pride and love</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Cabbage and Potatoes,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">peppers, lettuce snd more</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">even cherry Tomatoes</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Sit back and relax friend</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">She’s a sweet potato</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Right from LaCrosse Local</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Yes it’s Cooking with Bao</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">by Dave Schipper<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">(c) 2022 Rose Riversongs</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Thanks for the inspiration both to cook and to write this little ditty... it has music, and I love how singing it changed it up a bit from the original write. </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Here's one I know I'll be cooking this year, and Bao will show me the way.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DyIUi6vuP6E" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>Dave Schipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193652145218842377noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4502200543186728445.post-91685475719010489412022-02-08T16:40:00.003-08:002022-02-08T16:40:29.124-08:00The Eyes of Angeline<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEW8kN81apcI2qygGcP_3w7KdN8SgH0Y8sqnNjhNVKRag9nypXeOlN__hApqYRzu2uEHUG3lEQFr6Rd4cRDBLS3XunlKB8Ec6bnuc7-QcUb495BycDicApw6qD4kRv1YHjL7mqOmLSKLTaxEbqlnXn-cJNLSct9DL9OcWiaL8YpxGyUDiiyfcTQeBzkA=s1382" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="1382" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEW8kN81apcI2qygGcP_3w7KdN8SgH0Y8sqnNjhNVKRag9nypXeOlN__hApqYRzu2uEHUG3lEQFr6Rd4cRDBLS3XunlKB8Ec6bnuc7-QcUb495BycDicApw6qD4kRv1YHjL7mqOmLSKLTaxEbqlnXn-cJNLSct9DL9OcWiaL8YpxGyUDiiyfcTQeBzkA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Her Argentine fam</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Fled the dirty war</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Escaped with no harm</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Not knowing what’s in store</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A new home for this teen</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">With the eyes of Angeline</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Far from Buenos Aires</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">They made a life in LA</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Found adversaries</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Even made a record label</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Yet steeped in Argentine</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">For the eyes of Angeline</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Angeline had no fit</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A non-mexican latin</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Painted as snooty bitch</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And cheered Argentine</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Mysteries unforeseen</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">In the eyes of Angeline</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Her jet black flowing hair</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Draping a blouse of sheen</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Young men would turn to see</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A heart bursting at the seams</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Beauty decked in blue jeans</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">With the eyes of Angeline</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">As they turned into Gringas</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">once a month they reached</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">telling tales of guerrillas</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">feasting upon gnocchi</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">An American dream</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Through the eyes of Angeline.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">By Dave Schipper (c) 2022 Rose Riversongs</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Inspired by the playlist at : <a href="https://davesbasementtracks.blogspot.com/2022/02/daves-music-27-angeline.html" target="_blank">Dave's Basement Tracks. #27 Angeline</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">With a story line credit from : <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hispanic-heritage-month/our-latino-heritage-her-parents-fled-argentinas-dirty-war-n432446" target="_blank">NBC Story on Sasha Pisterman. </a></span></p>Dave Schipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193652145218842377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4502200543186728445.post-14519926780130553962022-01-15T06:23:00.004-08:002022-01-15T06:51:40.831-08:00Follow me over at Dave's Basement Tracks<p> As retirement nears, officially April 29th, I KNOW I'm going to find more time to listen to music and write. My routine of writing each morning on a word will start back up and likely the creative juices will be flowing again. </p><p>As for the music, well the people who might know this blog was an off shoot of the Zemmy Show, know that I've had a running passion to share my music library as a promotion of the people I listen to. </p><p>The Zemmy Show ran for 800 posts, now <a href="https://davesbasementtracks.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Dave's Basement Tracks </a>that originally started as a radio show is evolving to a streamable show of <a href="https://bandcamp.com/davideschipper" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> embedded links and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEqgMgj2oltB3m2OEx2I6vg" target="_blank">YouTube</a> videos. Each post will have a theme or make a good hour radio show; yet of course you are in control as you read and click on the links that interest you. Hope to see you there.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghvIrL1RP45i5SDP0ZhZt_PO1g7csjblLnjHvKyUzqr2vGsCLNq_mEpHAMJ7FXPaWFSmVcjbw0AF-TUcsXQJzgi2FIGFm_ENgMhFCt60PUpgBqNLb_F4zr3eCLTABiMKI7JaAtMY_Xl1U1UbyuY2qWcU205v_MrmpNeKOSfkOtBMNtR8hiOCKRsqTuDg=s3999" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2805" data-original-width="3999" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghvIrL1RP45i5SDP0ZhZt_PO1g7csjblLnjHvKyUzqr2vGsCLNq_mEpHAMJ7FXPaWFSmVcjbw0AF-TUcsXQJzgi2FIGFm_ENgMhFCt60PUpgBqNLb_F4zr3eCLTABiMKI7JaAtMY_Xl1U1UbyuY2qWcU205v_MrmpNeKOSfkOtBMNtR8hiOCKRsqTuDg=w320-h224" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Dave Schipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193652145218842377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4502200543186728445.post-81052879519987100172021-08-04T16:02:00.003-07:002021-08-04T16:21:37.144-07:00Get the Vaccine<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8x-gNzxClTkPKDxS2Su6krhDZUxgoARkYCIexamUIgIGTgZ0wcCDuShoe0xUbQumc5czRXbVxqW2lbLNblrcJLTega3i4WB0V3oKEG0J7HuT7qn_A_0qIOj044wF5MwkzvKzLRwAsVuxe/s1444/Get+the+Vaccine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1444" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8x-gNzxClTkPKDxS2Su6krhDZUxgoARkYCIexamUIgIGTgZ0wcCDuShoe0xUbQumc5czRXbVxqW2lbLNblrcJLTega3i4WB0V3oKEG0J7HuT7qn_A_0qIOj044wF5MwkzvKzLRwAsVuxe/s320/Get+the+Vaccine.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br />Parody of "Get Together"</span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Love is but a song we sing,</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Fear's the way we die</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">You can make your arm sting</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); background-color: white; color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Or make the angels cry</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Yes the germ is on the wing</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); background-color: white; color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And you should know why</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); background-color: white; color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Come on, people now</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Smile on your brother</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Everybody get together</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); background-color: white; color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Time to get the vaccine right now</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); background-color: white; color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Some may come and some may go</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">They didn’t need to pass</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">When the one that left us here</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Returns for us at mass</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We are but a moment's sunlight</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); background-color: white; color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Protected at an impasse.</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); background-color: white; color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Come on, people now</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Smile on your brother</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Everybody get together</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); background-color: white; color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Time to get the vaccine right now</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); background-color: white; color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27); background-color: white; color: #18191b; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">(c) Dave Schipper 2021 Rose Riversongs</span></span></p>Dave Schipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193652145218842377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4502200543186728445.post-14257961274222389912021-05-19T16:49:00.009-07:002021-05-19T21:10:41.642-07:00All my life's a timeline<p><b>All my life is a timeline (parody of Circle)</b></p><p><b><i>Chorus: </i></b></p><p><b><i>All my life’s a timeline,</i></b></p><p><b><i>Thumbs up and thumbs down</i></b></p><p><b><i>The trolls scroll through the nightime</i></b></p><p><b><i>Til the day break comes around</i></b></p><p></p><p><b><i>All my life’s a timeline,</i></b></p><p><b><i>And it can tell you why,</i></b></p><p><b><i>The stories fade to nothing</i></b></p><p><b><i>The ads go right on by</i></b></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p>I liked you 100 times</p><p>I guess you’ve done the same</p><p>and then we lose each other</p><p>It’s an algorithm game</p><p></p><p>But as I sit alone tonight</p><p>your dinner caught my eye</p><p>The pork grilled to perfection</p><p>The onions piled high</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>Chorus: </i></b></p><p></p><p>It seems like I’ve seen that before</p><p>I can’t remember when</p><p>but I got this funny feeling</p><p>that I’ll see it once again</p><p></p><p>There’s straight friends that make up my line</p><p>but most of them have been bends</p><p>They have clear cut opinions</p><p>And some pretty rear ends</p><p><b><i>Chorus: </i></b></p><p></p><p>Parody written of the song "Circle" by Harry Chapin offered by Dave Schipper © 2021 Rose Riversongs</p><p>Here's a rough recording of it.</p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dOXZkl8aq94" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>If you never heard the song, here's a classic from his live LP. Now he said anyone can sing the song but it's got a little range to it. <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fW0vjZiu_rw" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p>Dave Schipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193652145218842377noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4502200543186728445.post-84593693980973539062020-06-28T09:47:00.003-07:002022-03-16T06:43:05.525-07:00Isolation Row<p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">They're coloring pictures on the table, they’ve painted the carpet brown</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">The beauty parlor is headed by parents, the circus is in town</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Here comes the lying president, He’s got them in a trance</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">One hand is tied to Vladimir, the other is in his pants</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">And the congress squad they're restless, they need something to vote</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">As Lady and I look out tonight, from Isolation Row</span></p><p class="p3" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Cinderella, she seems so easy, “It’s Disney, it’s not free " she smiles</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">And puts her hands in your back pockets all gangster style</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">And in comes Rush, he's moaning. “I say Hoax and you Believe"</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">And someone says, "You're in the wrong place, my friend, you'd better leave"</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">And the only sound that's left after the ambulances go</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">Is Hospital staff sweeping up in Isolation Row</span></p><p class="p3" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Now the moon is almost hidden, the stars are beginning to hide</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">The fortune telling lady has even taken all her things inside</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">All except for Hobby Lobby and a few states insane</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Everybody is making due and all expecting pain</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">And there’s Jimmy Kimmel, he's dressing, he's getting ready for the show</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">He's ready for Formal Friday tonight in Isolation Row</span></p><p class="p3" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Amelia, she's inside the window for her I feel so afraid</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">On her eighty-second birthday she is so utterly dismayed</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">To her, death is quite romantic she wears an cotton mask</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">She professes her religion, her sin is her lifelessness</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">And though her eyes are fixed upon Noah's great rainbow</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">She spends her time peeking from Isolation Row</span></p><p class="p4" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Fauci, disguised as Super Man with his memories in a trunk</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Passed this way an hour ago with his friend, a pious skunk</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Now he looked so immaculately frightful as he palmed his face</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">And he went off sniffling droplets and looking for breathing space</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">You would not think to look at him, but he was famous long ago</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">For playing the electric sars vaccines on Isolation Row</span></p><p class="p4" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Dr. Desai he keeps his Fox inside of a leather cup</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">But his Osmisos patients, they're trying to slow it up</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Now his nurse, some local winner, she's in charge of the corona hole</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">And she also keeps the cards that read, "Have Mercy on our Souls”</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">They all play on the penny whistles, Fox News hears them blow</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">If you pull your head out far enough from Isolation Row</span></p><p class="p4" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Across the street they've nailed the coffins, they're getting ready for the end</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">The Phantom of the Cuomo in a perfect image of a friend</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">They are spoon feeding Ye Old Orange One to get him to feel more concerned</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Then he’ll kill us with self-confidence after poisoning us with words</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">And the Phantom's shouting to nation mass, "Get outta here if you don't know"</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">The Orange One is just being punished for ignoring Isolation Row</span></p><p class="p3" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">At midnight all the doctors and the superhuman crew</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Come out and rest up everyone for another day with more to do</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Then they wish from the factory send more respirator machines</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">They strap two together cross their fingers and quarantine</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">None are brought down from the castles by insurance men who go</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">Check to see that nobody is escaping from Isolation Row</span></p><p class="p3" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Praise be to Trump’s DeSantis, the Holland sails at dawn</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Everybody's shouting, "Which side are you on?!"</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Broward County and DeSantis fighting in the captain's tower</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">While calypso singers die for aboard and fishermen hold flowers</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Between the windows of the sea where lovely mermaids flow</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">And nobody has to think too much about on Isolation Row</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">by Dave Zeman March 2020 </span></p>Dave Schipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193652145218842377noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4502200543186728445.post-39671979906789800772019-12-05T10:14:00.002-08:002019-12-05T10:14:59.716-08:00Ok Boomer<span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Old dogs can’t be taught new tricks
New cliches or politics
And when you ask him, He gets mad
Give him old song with a story line
Smokie bar and jar of moonshine
And when you ask him, He gets sad
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<span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ok Boomer, tell me again
One ring of fire, how will it end
Only the truth, you can defend
Ok Boomer, ……tell me again
Dad killed guys with swastikas
Now kids die in Florida
And when you ask him, He gets mad
Times did change for the better
Now we’re our own worst debtors
And when you ask him, He gets sad
Chorus
Distant drums of discontent
No love shown to immigrants
And when you ask him, He gets mad
He has not given up hope
It’s in his nature to vote
And when you ask him, He gets sad
Chorus</span><br />
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(c) 2019 Dave Schipper Rose Riversongs</span><br />
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<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DjSNInQ_pjE" width="560"></iframe>Dave Schipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193652145218842377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4502200543186728445.post-66245947999423642312019-10-05T08:51:00.000-07:002019-10-05T08:51:06.945-07:00Let me walk (a nod to the Man in Black)<span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oh mystery, don’t bury me
In your hands, In your hands
Take me back, face the facts
I am weak, I am weak
Let me walk in your grace </span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Let me feel the air of peace
Let me stand for what is right
Let me walk in path of light
A child’s face, a worn out place
In our hands, In our hands
On TV screens and in my dreams
My heart hurts, my heart hurts
When morals are lost
To the wealth of gain
He finds no host
In this evil game
Take me back, the man in black
Hold our hands, hold our hands
Speak gentle words, now rarely heard
Mend our hearts, mend our hearts
Chorus
(c) Dave Schipper 2019 Rose Riversongs</span>
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<span class="s1">Angels in action</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Need a reaction</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Puppies on a string</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Lightning in motion</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Needs a commotion</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Wild flowers in spring</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Take me and gently</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Whisper faintly</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I hold to the wire</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Sin with me saintly</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Tonight so sadly</span></div>
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<span class="s1">With you there is fire</span></div>
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<span class="s1">(c) Rose Riversongs</span></div>
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<span class="s1">by Dave Schipper</span></div>
<br />Dave Schipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193652145218842377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4502200543186728445.post-35283803355341800232019-06-30T09:00:00.002-07:002019-06-30T09:01:19.690-07:00Summer's Day<style type="text/css">
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<span class="s1">There are moments</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Too few hours in the day</span></div>
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<span class="s1">To escape the way I’m feeling</span></div>
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<span class="s1">To keep life at bay</span></div>
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<span class="s1">This summers day,</span></div>
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<span class="s1">You will not find me!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Off the grid and in hiding</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Lost in Earl Grey tea</span></div>
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<span class="s1">And in this moment</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I push down the voices</span></div>
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<span class="s1">In a search for silence</span></div>
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<span class="s1">To regret no choices</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I’m a subtle cake</span></div>
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<span class="s1">With layers of mom and fun</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I’ll add chocolate</span></div>
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<span class="s1">And bake until I am done</span></div>
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<span class="s1">by Dave Schipper (c) 2019 Rose Riversongs</span></div>
<br />Dave Schipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193652145218842377noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4502200543186728445.post-35299244086720897962019-06-30T08:32:00.002-07:002019-06-30T09:13:12.933-07:00Struggle<style type="text/css">
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<span class="s1">The struggle is real</span></div>
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<span class="s1">She pulled him out, He falls back</span></div>
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<span class="s1">As part of the deal</span></div>
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<span class="s1">He’s so grateful</span></div>
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<span class="s1">She welded together his life</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Endured the sparks of strife</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Until He stood whole</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Without the past He stole</span></div>
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<span class="s1">There are no hidden answers</span></div>
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<span class="s1">In the next barroom dancer</span></div>
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<span class="s1">It becomes plain to see</span></div>
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<span class="s1">What you meant to me</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Words words words</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Nothing is absorbed</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Lies lies lies</span></div>
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<span class="s1">All kept in side</span></div>
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<span class="s1">At the table she set me down</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Weary from a familiar song</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I am the man she made</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Then cast off in a trade</span></div>
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<span class="s1">to be continued ....</span></div>
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<br />Dave Schipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193652145218842377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4502200543186728445.post-79771927977560861422019-06-30T08:29:00.002-07:002019-06-30T08:29:41.743-07:00Down the road, again
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<span class="s1">You can drive me crazy<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Even call me lazy</span></div>
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<span class="s1">You’re downright nasty</span></div>
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<span class="s1">But I’m going down that road again</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I ain’t no saint<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">But you’re the sinner</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Just ignored me like you been</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Cuz I’m going down that road again</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Turn away then</span></div>
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<span class="s1">When you’re done</span></div>
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<span class="s1">There’s more pretty girls then one</span></div>
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<span class="s1">But I’ll go down that road again</span></div>
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by Dave Schipper (c) 2019 Rose RiversongsDave Schipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193652145218842377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4502200543186728445.post-39514972839192906632019-06-30T08:11:00.001-07:002019-06-30T08:22:00.933-07:00Liza Lee<span class="im" style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="m_-3173370598360622167gmail-m_2819177160679286752gmail-im"><span class="m_-3173370598360622167gmail-im" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There she goes out the door </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">as she’s done times before </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Not with me, she’s just free </span></div>
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<span class="m_-3173370598360622167gmail-im" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Lil' dancer Liza Lee</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She's just a wind swept queen</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In naturally torn jeans</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She lights up the dance floor</span><br />
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<span class="m_-3173370598360622167gmail-im" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The band wants to play more</span></div>
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She’s got Hell on her toes </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And Heart mom on her wrist </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Lil' angel on her knee</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And save the bees daisy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The ready boys take note</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And her tattoos they quote</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Love me for who I am</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Not who you want me to be."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Yet this bright butterfly</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Flirts and flutters on by</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Out the door as before</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She's just free Lil' Liza Lee.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Dave Schipper (c) 2019 Rose Riversongs</span></div>
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<br />Dave Schipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193652145218842377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4502200543186728445.post-73566592256170087892019-05-27T13:16:00.002-07:002019-05-27T13:18:37.732-07:00Spring Love<style type="text/css">
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Pinch me in the morning you’re still here</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">It’s been months but full of years</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">We watch the flowers and trees bloom</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Over morning coffee in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>the porch room</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Spring love let me sing</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">The flowers I’ll bring</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">The notes will ring</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Spring love let me sing</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">When I saw your old lover in the crowd</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">I just wanted to shout out loud</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">You crazy dumb ass fool</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">You ain’t the sharpest tool</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Why he left I do not know</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Is it inside you that has yet to show</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">I do believe it was a flaw of his</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Not to treasure your kiss</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Spring love let me sing</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">The flowers I’ll bring</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">The notes will ring</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Spring love let me sing</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Meet me halfway</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Agree to disagree</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Hear what I say</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">You mean so much to me</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">I didn’t win you as much as pick you up</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">I showed you friendship that wouldn’t stop</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Even gave you that alone space</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Plus, I’ll do it all with grace</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">By Dave Schipper (c) 2019 Rose Riversongs</span></span></div>
<br />Dave Schipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193652145218842377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4502200543186728445.post-31234000390351841172019-04-19T08:08:00.001-07:002019-04-19T08:08:34.629-07:00Crumbs<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;">I’m good with the crumbs of your life</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;">As you add layer and layer of icing</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;">The base holds a strong foundation</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;">Where once I was offered a huge slice</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;">I'm content to lick my fingers of icing</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;">With joy and jubilation</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;">Yes I would relish a full serving</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;">An hour of talking and listening</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;">Till then, my crumb celebration </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;">by Dave Schipper (c) 2019 Rose Riversongs</span>Dave Schipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193652145218842377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4502200543186728445.post-44061137528985473092019-04-10T10:32:00.004-07:002019-04-10T10:32:55.513-07:00Driving home<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 6px;">
When you’re foiled at the four way<br />Running circles in the roundabout<br />And writing curses of road rage<br />Pull over and write me a text</div>
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Tell me your wildest dreams<br />Tigers, and bears oh my<br />Tell me your softest desires<br />Pillows, flowers and cat fur</div>
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Now that you’re refreshed<br />Grab the wheel and drive<br />Polite and not in a rush<br />I love you and want you to...</div>
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<br />Survive.</div>
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Dave Schipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193652145218842377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4502200543186728445.post-9879479199298310042019-04-10T10:29:00.000-07:002019-04-10T10:34:17.669-07:00The note<style type="text/css">
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">The note gave her three choices</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Say nothing and confirm his thoughts</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Say thanks and confirm his thoughts</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Or open up Pandora’s box</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Words all have several meanings</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">She let it sit for a few days</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Then gently opened the lid to say</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">“You are nothing and everything to me,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Please leave me but never go away.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">She stopped right there and hit send.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Now the world lives in text message</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">We long for the pen and paper</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Time and texture versus rapid words</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">Her words went unread forever</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">He died thinking his thoughts confirmed.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: small;">By Dave Schipper (c) 2019 Rose Riversongs</span></span></div>
<br />Dave Schipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193652145218842377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4502200543186728445.post-68286216857858302862019-03-10T11:48:00.002-07:002019-03-10T11:48:31.909-07:00WindWind, the source of comfort on a hot day.<br />
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The cause of the snow spray<br />
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The generator of power seen from the highway<br />
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The dustball rolling on the spillway.<br />
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Your are my friend and my nemesis<br />
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The cracking of trees limbs<br />
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The interruption to a good concert<br />
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The transporter of seeds<br />
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Good ones and weeds.<br />
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You are as might as a jet stream<br />
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Or as gentle as a dream.<br />
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Carry me away to the next place<br />
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Lure me with a caress to my face<br />
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Wind oh wind<br />
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Do not end.<br />
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by Dave Schipper (c) 2018 Rose RiversongsDave Schipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193652145218842377noreply@blogger.com0