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Chinese Rockpile - With Painting Pic

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Chinese Rockpile - With Painting Pic

Posted: Jul 19, 2008, 11:49 AM CST


Moss-covered, forgotten,
Tar-paper shack, rotten.
Piles of stones
The height of a man,
Who did this thing?
I look deeper and
I begin to understand.

In this glade,
Surrounded by these stacks,
I am curious,
And I start to dig for facts.

Chinamen, they came like moths
To the flame of precious yellow metal.
By hand the moved the Earth itself
Toiling like Hercules
For two dollars a month.

I look at the mountain they moved
Broken into these corpseless cairns,
And I get a dim vision of men
Who built the Great Wall.
And the depth of commitment
It took to leave behind
Two thousand years of culture
For thirty-five dollars
Per ounce of gold.
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Posted: Jul 19, 2008, 11:51 AM CST
ah, dang it. I still haven't got the hang of sizing foto's.D'oh! mumbling very mad
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somechick
Somewhere,Ohio, Ohio USA
Posted: Jul 19, 2008, 11:53 AM CST
Have you ever tried imageshack? I use it all the time. It resizes your photos for you.


Galactic_bodhi wrote:
ah, dang it. I still haven't got the hang of sizing foto's.
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Posted: Jul 19, 2008, 11:56 AM CST
somechick wrote:
Have you ever tried imageshack? I use it all the time. It resizes your photos for you.


Thanks. thumbs up handshake

If you want to see the whole foto, people, u can go to my profile...

I just got my digital camera. Still trying to figure out how to use it...
mumbling D'oh!
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somechick
Somewhere,Ohio, Ohio USA
Posted: Jul 19, 2008, 12:00 PM CST
WOW That painting is beauitful.


Galactic_bodhi wrote:
Thanks.

If you want to see the whole foto, people, u can go to my profile...

I just got my digital camera. Still trying to figure out how to use it...
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bob1959
otisfield, Maine USA
Posted: Jul 19, 2008, 12:02 PM CST
Galactic,
Would you mind if i e-mailed you with a lit question? You appear to be a writer.confused
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Posted: Jul 19, 2008, 12:06 PM CST
bob1959 wrote:
Galactic,
Would you mind if i e-mailed you with a lit question? You appear to be a writer.



Go ahead bob. I already said yes once in the other thread, but you must have missed it...thumbs up
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DogMaI
Sartell, Minnesota USA
Posted: Jul 19, 2008, 12:22 PM CST
cool painting man..... the words tie it all together... never thought about it that way beforethumbs up now the wheel is turning in my headconfused
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KHD100
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Posted: Jul 19, 2008, 1:37 PM CST
Galactic_bodhi wrote:
ah, dang it. I still haven't got the hang of sizing foto's.

To hell with the photo..... the poem was beautufil
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