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#118372 - 03/02/07 06:13 PM MAN vs NATURE
Dersu Offline
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Registered: 12/23/06
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Loc: Mississippi
MAN vs NATURE
Lest ye become proud and daring;
or even disdainful of nature and think
that control has been given thee;
there are ticks, skeeters and chiggers to
haunt your tender places.
And if fear wrongfully leaves thee;
there be the man without shoulders in thy path.

By Dersu

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#127383 - 03/08/07 02:40 PM Re: MAN vs NATURE [Re: Dersu]
James Moderator Offline
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Registered: 12/26/06
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Loc: Anchorage, Alaska
I like this one.

At first, I thought the archaic pronouns ("ye," "thee") seemed little more than an affectation. And I was confused by the "man with no shoulders."

Then I realized the one creature I know of with "no shoulders" is a snake. And then the archaic pronouns seemed to hark back to a Biblical reference.

If my interpretation is wrong, I'll just blame it on still being feverish with flu. And if you really want no comments at all here, let me know and I'll delete this.

Jim

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#127661 - 03/08/07 04:49 PM Re: MAN vs NATURE [Re: James]
Dersu Offline
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Registered: 12/23/06
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Loc: Mississippi
"no shoulders" is a snake, and I did not limit or restrict any comments. I appreciate yours.

Genesis 3
13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?"
The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

14 So the LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this,
"Cursed are you above all the livestock
and all the wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
and you will eat dust
all the days of your life.

15 And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;
he will crush your head,
and you will strike his heel."

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#132698 - 03/12/07 04:49 PM Re: MAN vs NATURE [Re: Dersu]
James Moderator Offline
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Registered: 12/26/06
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Loc: Anchorage, Alaska
Yes, that's the reference I thought you were harking to.

Jim

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#140759 - 03/18/07 09:07 AM Re: MAN vs NATURE [Re: James]
tmrschessie Offline
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Registered: 12/23/06
Posts: 1749
Loc: Near Red Cloud,Nebraska
Nice. Tom
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U42PF4khOXc
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