The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Sat 3/10/2007)

[RetroLounge]

Last-Minute Message For a Time Capsule

I have to tell you this, whoever you are:
that on one summer morning here, the ocean
pounded in on tumbledown breakers,
a south wind, bustling along the shore,
whipped the froth into little rainbows,
and a reckless gull swept down the beach
as if to fly were everything it needed.
I thought of your hovering saucers,
looking for clues, and I wanted to write this down,
so it wouldn't be lost forever -
that once upon a time we had
meadows here, and astonishing things,
swans and frogs and luna moths
and blue skies that could stagger your heart.
We could have had them still,
and welcomed you to earth, but
we also had the righteous ones
who worshipped the True Faith, and Holy War.
When you go home to your shining galaxy,
say that what you learned
from this dead and barren place is
to beware the righteous ones.

Philip Appleman

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Retro........

Wow, what a message this is!

Funny though.....I had to read it out loud to get it!

It is beautiful, and scary all at once......

Thank you! :hug:

[BarenakedLady]

2. Excellent

And so very very true and frightening.

:thumbsup:

"to beware the righteous ones." I like that line.

[Mrs Robeson]

3. Bravo!!!

Stated beautifully. :thumbsup: :hi:

[zingaro]

4. That deserves an Amen, don't you think?

:hi: oh the irony :rofl:

[wildhorses]

5. right on!!! phillip appleman!!! right on!!!

:headbang: