Red Mosquito

Carl Sandburg wrote:There is a wolf in me . . . fangs pointed for tearing gashes . . . a red tongue for raw meat . . . and the hot lapping of blood—I keep this wolf because the wilderness gave it to me and the wilderness will not let it go.

There is a fox in me . . . a silver-gray fox . . . I sniff and guess . . . I pick things out of the wind and air . . . I nose in the dark night and take sleepers and eat them and hide the feathers . . . I circle and loop and double-cross.

There is a hog in me . . . a snout and a belly . . . a machinery for eating and grunting . . . a machinery for sleeping satisfied in the sun—I got this too from the wilderness and the wilderness will not let it go.

There is a fish in me . . . I know I came from salt-blue water-gates . . . I scurried with shoals of herring . . . I blew waterspouts with porpoises . . . before land was . . . before the water went down . . . before Noah . . . before the first chapter of Genesis.

There is a baboon in me . . . clambering-clawed . . . dog-faced . . . yawping a galoot's hunger . . . hairy under the armpits . . . here are the hawk-eyed hankering men . . . here are the blonde and blue-eyed women . . . here they hide curled asleep waiting . . . ready to snarl and kill . . . ready to sing and give milk . . . waiting—I keep the baboon because the wilderness says so.

There is an eagle in me and a mockingbird . . . and the eagle flies among the Rocky Mountains of my dreams and fights among the Sierra crags of what I want . . . and the mockingbird warbles in the early forenoon before the dew is gone, warbles in the underbrush of my Chattanoogas of hope, gushes over the blue Ozark foothills of my wishes—And I got the eagle and the mockingbird from the wilderness.

O, I got a zoo, I got a menagerie, inside my ribs, under my bony head, under my red-valve heart—and I got something else: it is a man-child heart, a woman-child heart: it is a father and mother and lover: it came from God-Knows-Where: it is going to God-Knows-Where—For I am the keeper of the zoo: I say yes and no: I sing and kill and work: I am a pal of the world: I came from the wilderness.

tragabigzanda wrote:Goddamn dev. Numbersup leaves some mighty big shoes to fill. Sure hope you’re up to the task.

Carl Sandburg wrote:There is a wolf in me . . . fangs pointed for tearing gashes . . . a red tongue for raw meat . . . and the hot lapping of blood—I keep this wolf because the wilderness gave it to me and the wilderness will not let it go.

There is a fox in me . . . a silver-gray fox . . . I sniff and guess . . . I pick things out of the wind and air . . . I nose in the dark night and take sleepers and eat them and hide the feathers . . . I circle and loop and double-cross.

There is a hog in me . . . a snout and a belly . . . a machinery for eating and grunting . . . a machinery for sleeping satisfied in the sun—I got this too from the wilderness and the wilderness will not let it go.

There is a fish in me . . . I know I came from salt-blue water-gates . . . I scurried with shoals of herring . . . I blew waterspouts with porpoises . . . before land was . . . before the water went down . . . before Noah . . . before the first chapter of Genesis.

There is a baboon in me . . . clambering-clawed . . . dog-faced . . . yawping a galoot's hunger . . . hairy under the armpits . . . here are the hawk-eyed hankering men . . . here are the blonde and blue-eyed women . . . here they hide curled asleep waiting . . . ready to snarl and kill . . . ready to sing and give milk . . . waiting—I keep the baboon because the wilderness says so.

There is an eagle in me and a mockingbird . . . and the eagle flies among the Rocky Mountains of my dreams and fights among the Sierra crags of what I want . . . and the mockingbird warbles in the early forenoon before the dew is gone, warbles in the underbrush of my Chattanoogas of hope, gushes over the blue Ozark foothills of my wishes—And I got the eagle and the mockingbird from the wilderness.

O, I got a zoo, I got a menagerie, inside my ribs, under my bony head, under my red-valve heart—and I got something else: it is a man-child heart, a woman-child heart: it is a father and mother and lover: it came from God-Knows-Where: it is going to God-Knows-Where—For I am the keeper of the zoo: I say yes and no: I sing and kill and work: I am a pal of the world: I came from the wilderness.

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Which Dev posts set him off? I saw the McP one about his parents.

Dev wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Which Dev posts set him off? I saw the McP one about his parents.

Psh. I just told him to stfu for saying Zelensky got what he deserved with Trump. It was a nothing burger except for the loud MAGA crying about my political incorrectness. The credit really goes to the many other members of the board who stood up for what they believe in. Kudos to them for fighting this fight in general. We don't have to make things comfortable for MAGA as they try and ruin the world.

96583UP wrote:it's been a good run

daft twat wrote:

96583UP wrote:it's been a good run

It was a meh run at best. I don’t frequent every thread, but your main contribution seemed to be commenting on professional male athletes’ asses. The Zelensky post was awful. Team Dev on this one. That said, this is a small community and your loss will be felt. You should reconsider. Being butthurt shouldn’t be a dealbreaker for a fella like you.

Anders wrote:MAGA/Trump is about as low as you can get, but we all have to exist together in this world. This too shall pass.

As for Numbers Up, I hope you stay. We have had a lot of good times together here at the board. I know you’re good at heart, and have a sweet soul. The F1 community here needs your energy.

Dev wrote:

Anders wrote:MAGA/Trump is about as low as you can get, but we all have to exist together in this world. This too shall pass.

As for Numbers Up, I hope you stay. We have had a lot of good times together here at the board. I know you’re good at heart, and have a sweet soul. The F1 community here needs your energy.

We can only continue to coexist in this world if they don't destroy it.

And the dead Ukrainians and dead Palestinians no longer have a choice.

The difference is that there are real consequences to the Trump agenda.

That's why we can longer maintain civil debates just to make things easy for our Trump neighbors to coexist and spout their bullshit.

Their bullshit is ruining lives.

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Is the right thread to admit I may or may not have voted for Trump

Dev wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Is the right thread to admit I may or may not have voted for Trump

You actually voted for Trump? Why?

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

Dev wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Is the right thread to admit I may or may not have voted for Trump

You actually voted for Trump? Why?

I thought it would be funny

Anders wrote:I’ve written on RM several times about my family in Ukraine (sister in law’s) that lost their house, and had to flee from now Russian occupied territory. 96583UP was one of those who showed me support in that, and cared about what happened to them. Thank you for that.