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The icemaker being to make the cold drinks and beer even more chilled?

Mike Shannon! That is beautiful. What lighthouse was it, by the way, if you don't mind?

Wow! Great poem!

Ha! Ain't it the truth? Although everyone needs TWO fridges - one for cold drinks & beer and one that has an icemaker. :-)

Reminds me of a poem I wrote many years ago titled "Hulks"
I love you
Like the rusting hulk of sad trawler
falling down a pathway
towards a lighthouse
With holes bored into its facade--
old ship
sinking under the stagnant still waters--
festering with with bacteria
and end of game
The sound of the collision
of rotting battleship
no longer needed
with rust stains burnt through
to the inner core of your workings
Brushing--deeply against
the forgotten beacon
that tried to bring you in
with its own crimson stained gown
reminds me of
the beauty of anger
And
rust upon rust
And empty hole
upon rusty hole
See your face
in the forgotten corrupted hulk
of the ship
And see your lover's face
within the broken window frame
of a beacon
that no longer
lives
Both hollow vessels empty
except for the sound of sitting water
disturbed by
falling metal flakes
as beacon is sheared
and ship sinks
One hulk
crashing onto the other
and slowly
submerging
The "beacon" I was thinking of was an abandoned lighthouse in South Carolina and was constructed of steel. These images just brought this poem to mind. Great, moody evocative photos!

solarium
One entry found for solarium.


Main Entry: so·lar·i·um
Pronunciation: sO-'lar-E-&m, s&-, -'ler-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural so·lar·ia /-E-&/; also -ums
Etymology: Latin, porch exposed to the sun, from sol
: a glass-enclosed porch or room; also : a room (as in a hospital) used especially for sunbathing or therapeutic exposure to light


I love being a wise ass sometimes. :-)~

Hey Colin, have you ever heard of that song by Gary Jules called "Mad World"? I'ts an awesome song. Your comment just struck a memmory.

Hey, forgive me for being in the dark ages, but I've got one of those.


*mutters darkly to self about current crazes and how gramma's works just fine and being too cheap to buy a new one*

Somebody actually broke the bathroom!!!

Who steals door hinges from a hospital?

Somebody didn't like that rule.

What? Had some past expiriences at falling off stools at the sight of blood there Tony? ;-)

A kindred spirit. How appriciative! :-)

It really is sad. i work in a mental health facility and some of our clients stayed here for a long time. one was actually here from the time he was three until he was in his forties. His mother who was mentally ill was admitted after police found her and almost frozen to death in an alley. Rather then take the time to find shelter for him in an orphanige they kept him here. even after his mother died. i can't imagine a lonley way to grow up...and i often wonder if the surroundings he lived in for so long so ignored is the reason why he needs to be seen where i work...

Rusty water. Mr. Motts stated it under the picture.