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PUPPETMASTER I am not the hat on the white face clown, nor the leather from my boots screaming in quarantine. The ancient maize recoils with thoughts of its collusion. Nowhere in the scriptures does it say…follow me, and your path will be strewn with water in flames. Faces in stone grin beneath the midnight sun, a pallor cast over the frozen words of our fathers. Jugglers in the bazaar disappear, the weight of their burdens turn to ashes. The past lies littered with soiled heroes, warnings echoed from deep within the walls of shame. In daylight, even laughter fails to lift the rock that crushes the morning sun….forever blind. Still, the birds sing from tree to tree, their songs a reminder of goodness that never dies. In this late hour, the sun returns to set, sunshine bows in grand gesture to the darkness, as my strings are forever cut. 11/15/10 9:22pm © All Rights Reserved

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Date: 11/28/2010 10:45:00 AM
Fascinating images here. Seems you pulled some strings.
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Date: 11/16/2010 7:17:00 PM
Incredible images that evoke sorrowful emotions, Jimbo. There will never be anyone pulling your strings, my friend. You rock! Love, Carolyn (Deb's Pinocchio comment gave me a laugh.)
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Date: 11/16/2010 6:08:00 PM
very deep! we are not puppets and many of us do not wish to be, any many of us do not believe God wishes use to be. It is not "right" to label "things" "good or bad" life just continues as it must in the cycle of creation and destruction never ending...Light & Love Pinnochio!
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Date: 11/16/2010 2:08:00 PM
You are not much seen on the PS. This is a wonderful piece of poetry with wonderful images, James. Jimbo
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Date: 11/16/2010 5:42:00 AM
Jimmy, I have taken too long to return to your writes, and how you have grown away from me, all your images mastering another level of flight ... yes Jimmy, you write real poetry.
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