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allets commented on: Deception? by allets 4 years 28 weeks ago
Hi elliot!: How r ya? Thanks 4 the read. I shall continue to strive to word well. :D. Lady A .
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elliot_jordan2003 commented on: Deception? by allets 4 years 28 weeks ago
So true, very well worded.: So true, very well worded.
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allets commented on: Nothing Lasts, Ask A Pharoah by allets 4 years 28 weeks ago
Rebuilding: . I say affirmative on ubers, gvt is broke - no help there. Still, lots of potential for reinvestment once bodies are buried. What if Covid variant takes 1/2 of us next year? I hope it is fading. Emigrants might look better. Every one but Russians and Haitians even though a few got preference at the Mexican border with the Western war refugees. Ukraineans? Sure! . Total collapse is the nightmare scenario. The middle class kids do not know what a shovel is. Seeds are for spitting out. . Stay safe! . ~A~. 
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lyrycsyntyme commented on: Nothing Lasts, Ask A Pharoah by allets 4 years 28 weeks ago
Synchronicity weaves it's web: Mhm.   Though I think one major difference in this age is that the wealthiest people are not tied to any one country. They can move their interests elsewhere, and generally already have their interests in multiple continents, as it is. America collapses? That's a problem for the people who can't escape it, not for the core ruling class, which will ultimately just own even more of the world after the dust settles. If anything, I think a collapse is beneficial to them, especially since it will thin out some of the competition - wealthy but less prepared business leaders tied to "The American Way" - as long as they can control the collapse (we'll see how that works out).
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allets commented on: Nothing Lasts, Ask A Pharoah by allets 4 years 28 weeks ago
Ask An Ancient: Time, a no-one waiter - usa empire in decline - weapons and warriors too globe far deployed. Hubris. Learned nothing from history -repeat doom. Glad to be thinking smilar thoughts/themes. Climate and tech and time - we watch. . ~A~.   
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allets commented on: Nothing Lasts, Ask A Pharoah by allets 4 years 28 weeks ago
A Line From GOT: Varis says, "Nothing lasts." He gets a dragon flamed fate. Sublimely I watch tech change and metamorph at light speed. At 2022 I watch 3 generations behind me rise - they wll change our now into theirs. :D  
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lyrycsyntyme commented on: Nothing Lasts, Ask A Pharoah by allets 4 years 28 weeks ago
Loved the title, myself!!!: I loved the title, as well!!!
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lyrycsyntyme commented on: Nothing Lasts, Ask A Pharoah by allets 4 years 28 weeks ago
It's funny to find these words of yours, today: I was just contemplating this very thing at length, yesterday.   Really good write. "Here was a moment ago, Now as gone" - fantastic. Perhaps my favorite lines in a dense, deep dive.   Ask the pharoah, indeed. Though, if I could, I would enter a tomb and switch the pharoah's place with one of the servants buried to "serve and worship him forever". Just cause :D   Between your write, and a reading of Saiom's, a verse from the song Be Satisfied by Heather Maloney comes to mind:   And so the pharaoh went out on a mission to erase his father's name, his father's face. One thousand men, one thousand chisels. One hundred days, one hundred nights, and one man's pride. He took em' all for a ride, but he wasn't satisfied.
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lyrycsyntyme commented on: Vicious Circle by saiom 4 years 28 weeks ago
Feedback often tells us as: Feedback often tells us as much about the reader, as anything. I find it helpful to think about that. If someone attacks a view point I have, it might be a worthwhile criticism, but what are they saying, exactly? If it's merely an attempt at insult, then it gives me an opportunity to learn no less than a couple of things:   (1) what this person's perception is   (2) understand that they probably don't have a very well thought out position, and therefore the exposure my have helped chip away a little bit at the veneer of their beliefs   (3) whether I might possibly be able to express myself in a way that disarms them a bit more, making them potentially more open to hearing the message.   But when you chip away at something, there will be anger. Erosion is a violent action, of sorts. Chip at a stone, and you might get a fleck thrown back at your eye. Perhaps why this person used the word 'vold'. But such "violence" - figurative - is as necessary as literal eroson is to a statue of one of history's monsters. We aim to be more gentle with people because we're not dealing with a monster of the done past, but rather with an ever evolving being of the present, just as we would be "gently violent" with an evolving, beautiful statue we are assisting in making.   Ultimately, their feedback is probably telling you a lot about them, and may be telling you little about yourself. Starting from a position of listening to the feedback as a voice from their pond, rather than necessarily a reflection of oneself off of said pond does make receiving harsh words a bit more palatable : )
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lyrycsyntyme commented on: My Body Wants to Leave by owlcrkbrg 4 years 28 weeks ago
Intense, tragic, and wrapped tightly in a white flag: Capturing from the title and opening line, onward.   The way out begins with stepping out into the day, every day. Exposing oneself (figuratively, of course). People will start to notice, but what needs to be noticed may already be transforming by then.
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elliot_jordan2003 commented on: On the Trail Between Orchids and the Otherworld by patriciajj 4 years 28 weeks ago
Wow this is really good,: Wow this is really good, please never stop writing.
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patriciajj commented on: Vicious Circle by saiom 4 years 28 weeks ago
What a silly, convoluted: What a silly, convoluted attack. I like your interpretation. Anyway, view the attacks as a badge of honor. Kudos to you for shaking things up! 
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patriciajj commented on: Nothing Lasts, Ask A Pharoah by allets 4 years 28 weeks ago
I came for the title and: I came for the title and stayed for the mind-expanding contemplation. You drilled deep, and beautifully. Although some might hide from this reality, I find it comforting and profoundly humbling. Love it when you wax eloquent . . . and sublime! 
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allets commented on: parallels and intersections by lizardking 4 years 28 weeks ago
You're Talking About Poets: Aren't you?  I breathe my own pollution, true, I leap lives usually from burning bridges. So? Ma parallels and intersections are personal and not for public consumption, except in poetical exudations. Fist to  the sky! Black pride! I feel exposed. Cut it out!   :D . ~A~. 
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allets commented on: Water As Wet by allets 4 years 28 weeks ago
More Needed: This poem needs more verses. Wet is big! ~A~. 
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