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Operation Contemplation

To those who praise the nation as supreme - hear me out. To those who say the individual is the only thing that counts, let me tell it to you plain: what sum exists without the addends that created it? And let me say it again: can you fill in the answer without knowledge of A and B? Well until we all stop to look around that remains to C. Written March 4th, 2016 For the Equations Contest hosted by Anthony Slausen

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Sara Kendrick

Date: 3/30/2016 7:56:00 PM

Reads like a winner..Way to go..Thanks for stopping by..The last dog to show up at our house went to the vet yesterday..The vet says he is part pit bull and some other kind of bulldog..He has had a swollen place on his jaw ever since he has been here and my husband took him in to see the vet for that and to get shots since we don't know if he had had all his shots..The vet gave him some antibiotics yesterday, lanced the abscess today, loaded him up with more antibiotics..We will pick him up ..

Timothy Hicks
Date: 4/2/2016 10:43:00 PM

Thanks for the further explanation ... I don't know much about pit bulls but it seems they are either really friendly or really vicious (all the dogs I've owned have been tiny ones like Pomeranians) ... this didn't make the contest, but it was fun nonetheless.

Sara Kendrick
Date: 3/30/2016 7:59:00 PM

tomorrow and have to keep the place irrigated with a sterile solution for I don't know how long so that the place will heal up..We think that he might have got bitten by a dog before he showed up at our home of course could have been a snake or spider, etc...He is just a big baby that will beat one to death with his tail...Sara

Iris E. Sankey- Lewis

Date: 3/18/2016 8:30:00 PM

Everything you share leaves me breathless. When is yr book?

Timothy Hicks
Date: 3/20/2016 2:06:00 AM

Thanks for remaining a fan, my friend. Love reading your comments and your poetry.

Laura Breidenthal

Date: 3/14/2016 11:57:00 PM

I've been repeating what is already known when I say you are so so talented, and have the ability to write well in more than one form of poetry. The content is clever too. You've got it down, with the full picture in mind, acknowledging individuality vs majority. Very nicely done Tim. Always, Laura

Timothy Hicks
Date: 3/15/2016 6:23:00 PM

Thanks again, dear Laura. Your encouragement is astounding. It is stimulating for me to step out of bounds, and try and see what is possible ... even if I don't succeed it's always worth the effort.

Red Fiery

Date: 3/9/2016 7:57:00 PM

You are extermely talented ! I must say that..you did this equation perfectly well...all the best for the contest !

Timothy Hicks
Date: 3/10/2016 12:36:00 AM

Thanks again Red. You seem to inflate my ego with your lovely comments. Perhaps I shouldn't let it go to my head, lest I get full of hot air and ... pop! Your encouragement is a delight to me.

Red Fiery
Date: 3/9/2016 7:58:00 PM

* extremely

Paul Callus

Date: 3/6/2016 10:41:00 AM

Clever! Without Bs there is no supreme A. I C that A = totality of B. // paul

Paul Callus
Date: 3/7/2016 7:45:00 AM

..exactly...I'm with you on all counts:)

Timothy Hicks
Date: 3/7/2016 3:09:00 AM

Y I C you've gotten to the meat and potatoes of this political piece, Paul. For me it's about individuality and community. Working together while at the same time understanding people's personal space.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/5/2016 8:12:00 PM

wow, I LOVE how you took on this challenge .It's so scary to me just hearing the word equation. you are so talented, Timothy.

Timothy Hicks
Date: 3/7/2016 2:54:00 AM

Thank you very much Andrea.