Poetry

[Leigha]

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[C C]

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The early, faded goth in me likes that one.

I both relish and hate what the internet has done to "non-mediated by publishers/connoisseurs" literature/art (I don't know what else to call it). How "indie and auteur" stuff has become so overwhelmingly "available". The web so flooded with unsung work that the dizzying after-effect is so much of it is rendered mundane in assessment (despite any occasional or often uniqueness). Whereas back before the Information Age and less abundant days, the exposure to it was rarer and more treasured as a result. "Underground" almost, like infamous ZAP Comix.

[Secular Sanity]

I posted this poem on Sciforums years ago, and now, supposedly, it’s been found. A lot people thought it was just a publicity stunt to sell his books. Did someone really find it? He says that they want to remain anonymous, so we’ll never really know for sure. 

Forrest Fenn treasure finally found in Rocky Mountains

The Thrill of the Chase by Forrest Fenn

As I have gone alone in there
And with my treasures bold,
I can keep my secret where,
And hint of riches new and old.

Begin it where warm waters halt
And take it in the canyon down,
Not far, but too far to walk.
Put in below the home of Brown.

From there it’s no place for the meek,
The end is ever drawing nigh;
There’ll be no paddle up your creek,
Just heavy loads and water high.

If you’ve been wise and found the blaze,
Look quickly down, your quest to cease,
But tarry scant with marvel gaze,
Just take the chest and go in peace.

So why is it that I must go
And leave my trove for all to seek?
The answers I already know,
I’ve done it tired, and now I’m weak.

So hear me all and listen good,
Your effort will be worth the cold.
If you are brave and in the wood
I give you title to the gold.

"In January 2015, Fenn revealed in a new interview: "I know the treasure chest is wet."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenn_treasure

[C C]

[...] Did someone really find it? He says that they want to remain anonymous, so we’ll never really know for sure.  Forrest Fenn treasure finally found in Rocky Mountains

Guess it got to be more trouble than what it was worth, being harrassed by authorities for causing deaths, and having nutcases sporadically drop by. (Late in life, J. D. Salinger wished he'd never wrote "Catcher in the Rye" because of all the confused pilgrims seeking him out because they felt he had the answers. Yeah, sure -- without the money he'd never have been able to retreat to a reclusive, misanthropic life to writes scores of unpublished novels and stories under legal trust restrictions which increasingly appear will not be released until the next century. "'All of what he wrote will at some point be shared,' but that it was a big job and not yet ready."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenn_treasure [...] Miller broke into Fenn's property and was hauling away a Spanish style chest he thought was the treasure and was caught in the act and held at gunpoint until law enforcement arrived. [...] Fenn said he had a pistol loaded with buckshot. One of Fenn’s daughters held a .38-caliber revolver.

Sounds like Fenn and his daughter[s] already have it half-covered for the post-police era. Abolition of prisons (and probably jails), too. Accordingly, question will be what does one do with those "caught in the act" in that future, when no law enforcement arrives to take the perps away?

I guess each household could have its own pillory -- that would be cheaper than building a jail cell on private property and feeding a prisoner for days on end. Out in the open like that, charitable passer-bys could also give the offender food and drink when stopping to mock him/her. Run a water hose to the road or street side so the perverts could also wash the filth off the dishonored before doing their business. Call-out culture has already brought back vigilante justice and public shaming online, so the rise of necessity should easily transit it to the concrete world again.

[C C]

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/REdSfZN1Vo4

[Secular Sanity]

I loved that one, C C.

[Zinjanthropos]

Here’s a quickie.... I’ll call it The Neighbour’s Dog. Kept me awake half the night. My Dad was a sniper in the army and always said barking dogs needed some lead in their ears.....all he needed was a clear line of sight.....no more barking. I’m not that violent and personally I don’t want/need a dog but whatever floats your boat. I could add more verses and maybe I will later. Feel free to contribute if you wish....woof, woof.

Big dogs, small dogs
Canine heaven
How many you got?
Only seven?

Why not eight,
Or nine or ten?
Turn your house,
Into a den

Bark and whine,
Scratch and itch
Fleas and ticks
Life’s a bitch

Wet dog smell
Prickly heat
Vet bills high
Kids don’t eat

Piss on my lawn
Crap on my green
Bag the doo
Unless unseen

Chew my sofa
Hump my leg
Bite the neighbour
Make ‘him’ beg

Extensive breeding
Puppy mills
It’s a purebred!
Three thousand bills

Trim the nails
A poodle cut
Can’t hide the fact
It’s just a mutt.

[Secular Sanity]

Here’s a solution
to your noise pollution
No need for a firearm
This works like a charm

[Zinjanthropos]

Here’s a solution
to your noise pollution
No need for a firearm
This works like a charm

Silence the Doggy Philharmonic
With a PetSafe ultrasonic?
Almost guaranteed to quiet
Should I be the one to buy it?

[C C]

I loved that one, C C.

You're welcome, SS. 'Cause believe me, I definitely didn't pick the first thing that came along to put in there -- more like the 27th.

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Here’s a quickie.... I’ll call it The Neighbour’s Dog. Kept me awake half the night. My Dad was a sniper in the army and always said barking dogs needed some lead in their ears.....all he needed was a clear line of sight.....no more barking. I’m not that violent and personally I don’t want/need a dog but whatever floats your boat. I could add more verses and maybe I will later. Feel free to contribute if you wish....woof, woof.

You ought to have written jingles for commercials back in the day when those were popular. Or lyrics for the opening theme songs of John Candy movies from the '80s (can't remember if those even had any, but you should have stuck your foot in the door, just the same.)