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Skip to comments.Catholic priests demand the right to marry
Posted on 01/25/2005 5:56:05 AM PST by Catholic54321
Australian Catholic priests are urging Rome to overturn its ban on married clergy as the church grapples with a chronic shortage of ordained priests.
The unprecedented submission to the Vatican directly challenges the obligation of celibacy, a prerequisite of the Catholic priesthood, and has reignited a debate within the church that has been simmering since the Middle Ages.
The National Council of Priests wrote to the Vatican's Synod of Bishops last month arguing that marriage should be no bar to ordination and asking the church to consider readmitting priests who had left the clergy to marry.
It also asked the church to extend the right held by thousands of married clergy who converted to Catholicism from other faiths to practise as priests to other married men.
About half of Australia's 1649 Catholic clergy, including 42 bishops and three cardinals, are members of the National Council of Priests, including the Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell
The council's chairman, Father Hal Ranger, said the changes were necessary to ensure Catholics had continued access to the sacraments. Vast distances and cultural or lifestyle factors, combined with decreasing priest numbers, meant the opportunity for some Catholics to celebrate the eucharist was "drastically limited". It was important to take decisive action so that Sunday mass and celebration of the sacraments was reasonably available.
"We request that ... the Synod Fathers examine honestly the appropriateness of insisting upon a priesthood that is, with very few exceptions, obliged to be celibate. Priesthood is a gift, celibacy is a gift: they are not the same gift," said the statement, which was written in response to a discussion paper on the place of the Eucharist in Catholic life.
Father Ranger said Australian priests were loyal to Catholic traditions and adverse to liturgical abuse but "we are scandalised when the gnat of abuse is so carefully strained out while the camel of dying communities is being swallowed".
Last month the Sydney Catholic Diocese announced plans to "twin" more than 50 local parishes to overcome falling priest numbers. It came as a survey of more than 300 Australian priests presented to Catholic bishops showed little support for mandatory celibacy and linked celibacy with thoughts of resignation.
A Melbourne priest and statistician has warned that the Catholic Church in NSW faces a dire shortage of priests in the next 20 years as its clergy ages, retires or dies. Father Eric Hodgens predicted the church would have fewer than one-sixth the number needed to conduct Sunday Mass.
Celibacy was the single biggest obstacle to the priesthood, he said, but while admitting married men would make a difference to recruitment numbers it was not the only answer. "The package at the moment is male, full-time, life-long and celibate and I would think that whole package is difficult for most people to embrace," Father Hodgens said.
Cardinal Pell yesterday declined to say where he stood on the issue of celibacy, only that he agreed with much of what had been written by the council, but not all.
"Reflections on the lineamenta [discussion paper] are offered by the executive of the NCP as 'indications of the thinking of many Australian Catholic priests'.
"As a member of the NCP, I would agree with much of what they have written, but not all of it. There are many rooms in the Father's house," he said.
Wrong answer! Liberal dioceses have the least vocations; orthodox dioceses have the most.
But they never suggest fidelity to the Church's teaching as a solution, do they?
The beat goes on.........
The lack of a condemnation of this letter from Cardinal Pell is very telling.
Yawn... You might think the traddies have one issue, but you are really a one-issue pony, aren't you?
This is something that really makes no sense. Priests who are not married are giving marital and other family oriented advice to those that are? Yet, in other christian religions their church leaders do marry but still serve God as members of their community.
Just a question but you think that marriage might cut down on the bullsh*t that goes on in the church?
Yes. I am concerned about the dwindling number of priests. You should be, too.
This is something that was caused by the liberals and modernists of the past 40 years. They mentored no one because they were too busy fulfilling their sordid sexual desires with the boys they should have been mentoring. I have been "concerned about this" for as long as I have been awakened to what has been going on. The liberals/modernists caused this crisis in the Church, and NOW they will have no one to take their places for a generation or so.
There is no shortage of vocations to the priesthood, just as things stand with the celibacy discipline right now. In fact, two college-age and college graduate friends of mine left two and three weeks ago to begin seminary training because they heard God's call and responded.
The liberals/modernists/sodomite priests and bishops made their beds (literally) and now they will garner the fruits of their efforts. God always respects man's free will and his infidelity.
"This is something that really makes no sense. Priests who are not married are giving marital and other family oriented advice to those that are?"
Jesus Christ was celibate. John Paul II is celibate. They have written the most beautiful and highest level of spirituality and practicality on the sacrament of Matrimony of any men ever. Have you ever read what the Church teaches regarding this sacrament?
And "No," allowing men to marry will not cut down on the feces going on because heterosexual men are not attracted to boys. Certainly you understand this...
Nice how you conflated sexual abuse with doctrinal views you don't agree with. I guess the gay priesthood didn't exist before Vatican II.
OK. Keep telling yourself that.
So with all of your altar girls, what are you and your priests doing to foster vocations and a Catholic spirituality in young men? Anything? I certainly do not mean youth group or lifeteen.
What specific programs do you have for the young men and boys?
Let me guess...
Poor babies. I feel really sorry for the modernists who have gained NO ADHERENTS from the younger generation. Poor little babies...
Whatever you do, do not EVER address the content of the message. Just look for ways to pick one point apart which you determine to be the weakest. Don't ever address the real issues. "We have a priest shortage. We are overworked. Woe is me."
Boo hoo hoo... Go cry in your mother's milk. What a bunch of crybaby whimps.
The thing that works best is for priests to talk to young men who might be interested in the priesthood. I've talked to a couple in our parish, but they're not convinced the priesthood is not a haven for gays, and I can't reassure them to the contrary. They're taking a "wait-and-see" attitude while they get their college degrees. They also want to determine if lifelong celibacy is for them.
We've got four men in training for the permanent diaconate, however, all of whom I encouraged to check it out and consider it.
I have to chuckle when laymen come on here and dismiss the concerns of men who are actually IN the priesthood.
It's very easy to take shots at something you know nothing about.
A married Catholic priesthood would simply allow a wider pool of candidates for consideration. Those men who are called to celibacy would remain celibate and bishops would be chosen only from the celibates.
Wouldn't that make them protestant if they want to change things around? They should have thought about this before they became priests.
...For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much. James 5.16
Could it be a denial of grace as a chastisement because of the rampant faithlessness and apostasy of our clergy and laity? God has a history of doing this kind of thing you know. Forty years in the desert comes to mind.
Dear sinkspur,
"Even 'orthodox dioceses' are not recruiting sufficient numbers of men to replace those who leave, retire, and die."
We are in Washington. Since the coming of Cardinal McCarrick, vocations have doubled here in Washington, going from about 5 per year (which would lead to an overall decline of priests of perhaps 20% or more) to 9 and 10 per year. Interestingly, seminary entries have increased beyond that, but the full effect hasn't shown up yet, because we appear to still be in the upswing. Even at 10 per year, we will eventually see about a 15% increase in the number of diocesan priests in the archdiocese. However, if ordinations increase proportionately with entries to the seminary, we will, in a few years, be ordaining about 15 priests per year, which will eventually result in an increase of about 50% in the numbers of diocesan priests in our archdiocese.
In the short term, though, the number of diocesan priests will fall, as we have a big bulge of folks who are approaching retirement age (or who have even exceeded it, and have not yet retired).
At least at the present time, the Archdiocese of Washington appears to be moving out of a vocations dearth.
As a side note, there were about 800 seminarians at the Mass at the MCI Center prior to the March for Life in Washington, DC. This must account, I'm guessing, for about 1 out of every 5 or 6 seminiarians in the United States. This, to me, is evidence of the growing orthodoxy of our newer priests.
Blessed be God forever.
Kol, correct me if I am wrong, but aren't the Orthodox experiencing this same "shortage of priests" as the Roman Church is?
And if so, then this proves that the thesis "allowing priests to marry would solve the vocations crisis" to be untrue, would it not?
I believe I have read several articles stating that the Orthodox Church is lacking priests also. So are Protestant denominations as a matter of fact.
The vocations crisis in the Roman Church is tied to a lack of fidelity; simple as that. God always gives His people the results of their actions. He always allows them to suffer do to their stupidity (in the Catholic Church, it begain in the 1960s, and in some quarters, continues until this day.)
"Could it be a denial of grace as a chastisement because of the rampant faithlessness and apostasy of our clergy and laity?"
Bingo. Right on. Of course. Bump.
It means exactly what I said. What qualifies someone who isn't married to give advice to soneone who is? Telling people how to be better parents when they themselves know nothing of the day to day struggles of rasing a kid? Why not just say that you stayed at a Holiday Inn Express the night before? And again, other christian religions allow the church leaders to marry. They live their lives, they raise families and still serve God.
I have met priests who have had women on the side. And, let's get out of denial about the amount of gays who enter the priesthood. Pedophiles are a whole different issue.
"What specific programs do you have for the young men and boys?"
We will have our third annual altar servers' camp (Sorry, NO GIRLS ALLOWED!) for the Latin Mass this summer at the beach. We'll have three days of Masses, rubrics/Latin training, help from two or three priests and two or three seminarians, fun at the beach, and will top it off with a High Mass and then a priestly ordination on Saturday.
What specific programs do you have for your parish's young men and boys?
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"What qualifies someone who isn't married to give advice to soneone who is?"
Based upon this same "logic," why should children listen to their parents? They have never been parents before and are "practicing" on their first-born. Why should the first-born listen to them?
The reason they are qualified is that the Church is wiser than any individuals. Based upon the current societal demise, I would think it should be obvious that whatever it is that parents are attempting to to do, (Oh, those who stay married) is simply not working.
Read what the Church teaches and apply it. For most, cutting off God's grace (through use of contraception) is probably the primary reason why things aren't working.
"And again, other christian religions allow the church leaders to marry. They live their lives, they raise families and still serve God."
And their divorce rates are HIGHER than the general population. And how is it exactly that they are serving God? By teaching heresy to their congregations in a schismatic "faith community"? Come again?
Matters are "complicated" now. The need in the Church is the Eucharist. Without priests, there is no Eucharist.
It seems that the Vatican would rather compromise the availability of the Eucharist than compromise on the marital status of the minister of the Eucharist.
The "problems" with married priests are all real problems. To me, the issue is, do those outweigh the declining availability of the Eucharist to Latin Rite Catholics?
That's actually not the case. Applications for rural churches are down, true, but there are more than adequate numbers of Protestant ministers of all denominations who apply to serve in urban congregations.
The vocations crisis in the Roman Church is tied to a lack of fidelity; simple as that.
If that's the case, why are the numbers of men being ordained to the permanent diaconate running at TWICE the number of men who are ordained to the priesthood every year (800 versus 400)?
It is simply not true that Catholic men don't want to serve the Church. It is true that they don't want to serve the Church as celibates.
God always gives His people the results of their actions. He always allows them to suffer do to their stupidity (in the Catholic Church, it begain in the 1960s, and in some quarters, continues until this day.)
Why does God seem to approve of married priests in every other Rite of the Catholic Church except the Latin? Are we Latin Riters the only "stupid" Catholics?
You got some statistical evidence for that? I've never read that the incidence of divorce for Protestant ministers is higher than for the population in general.
They don't like the answers, of course, but I'm answering them nonetheless.
Nobody's getting personal here; nobody's calling anybody a bad Catholic or anything or questioning his/her faith or trashing the Pope. I consider this the kind of debate we ought to have and the manner in which we ought to have it.
Mandatory celibacy is a legitimate issue in the Catholic Church, and it has nothing to do with dogmatic teaching.
Everything's fine so far, as far as I am concerned.
**But they never suggest fidelity to the Church's teaching as a solution, do they?**
One of the best places to put our faith is in Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament. The places where vocations to the priesthood are occurring is in the parishes that have 24/7 Adoration. (Reagrdless of the leanings of the bishop/archbishop.)
So if people want more and holy priests then they should be taking part in the 24/7 Adorations that are happening all across the U. S.
**"This is something that really makes no sense. Priests who are not married are giving marital and other family oriented advice to those that are?"**
This is a sweeping generality voiced by many non-Catholics. Our priest served for many years in the airline industry before answering the call to become a priest. He has dealt with many married couples in finding lost luggage, etc.
Another thing on the marital point -- don't you think that priests have a good idea of how marriage works or doesn't work for the perspective of their parents? Duh.
That would be fine if you were the Religion Moderator, but you're not. My warning stands.
Oops -- don't you think that priests have a good idea of how marriage works or doesn't work from the perspective of their parents?
You have a point about the married priesthood in the Eastern rite. However, if a priest wants to be considered for a bishop, doesn't he have to remain celebate? Why have married priests then?
**As a side note, there were about 800 seminarians at the Mass at the MCI Center prior to the March for Life in Washington, DC. This must account, I'm guessing, for about 1 out of every 5 or 6 seminiarians in the United States. This, to me, is evidence of the growing orthodoxy of our newer priests.**
Oh, what good news!!!!!
Thank you, God, for the gift of these seminarians!
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On the point of the Diaconate: Those in the Diaconate cannot say Mass or hear confessions. One could have 8 million members in the Diaconate, but it wouldnt change the fact that they cannot say Mass or hear confessions.
"To me, the issue is, do those outweigh the declining availability of the Eucharist to Latin Rite Catholics?"
This is a legitimate question to ask. Our approaches, of course, and therefore our answers, may vary; but in principle, if this is truly your motivating factor, then discussing it is not outside the bounds of orthodoxy, necessarily--not any more than discussing the orthodox applications of ecumenism or the Roman rite of the liturgy.
True. But deacons can do everything else. EVERYTHING ELSE!!
In terms of hours spent during the course of a week, celebrating nine Masses and two hours of confession amount to ten percent of a priest's waking hours. I thought we were also talking about workload.
Have you noticed how many activities formerly done by priests are now done by laymen? Counseling, business administration, liturgy planning, sacramental preparation, RCIA, marriage cases, hospital and nursing home visitation...all these are done by laymen and deacons in our parish.
We had a married Episcopalian priest convert here for three years, and he certainly wasn't breaking his back in terms of his workload.
"However, if a priest wants to be considered for a bishop, doesn't he have to remain celebate? Why have married priests then?"
For many centuries now all Orthodox bishops have come from the ranks of the celibate priest monks. If you want to be a bishop, you don't get married before you get ordained. It is that simple. I guess I don't quite get your point. But as usual, I'm willing to be enlightened.
Believe it or not, not every priest harbors dreams of the episcopacy. Some, in fact, don't even want to be pastors. We have a 32 year old associate in our parish who pastored a rural church for a year, and told the bishop he never wants to be a pastor, ever again.
Instead, he's working on a doctorate in Scripture studies, and wants to spend the bulk of his time teaching scripture.
Of course not. But there are problems with everything. It's just a matter of which set of problems the Church can live with.
In theory, and I suspect in practice, in Orthodoxy certain deacons could hear confessions. For us the office (offikion) of confessor is not automatically one held by reason of ordination. It is conferred by a bishop separate from Holy Orders. Thus it is quite common in Greece for non-ordained monks to hold that offikion and hear confessions.
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The discussions Saturday among the Group of Seven nations - the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Canada - were led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan. All the finance officials expressed resolve to intensify cooperation on the economic front, but it was unclear whether the group's final joint statement would lay out any fresh ideas on just how each country would go about boosting growth. Bolstering confidence following attacks that sent stock markets plunging worldwide was the first priority for Saturday's discussions, with O'Neill meeting individually with many of the finance ministers to review developments on the economic front.
Following O'Neill's meeting with Japanese Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa, U.S. officials issued a statement that pledged cooperation between the world's two largest economies "to maintain sustainable growth and market confidence" as a way to restore global economic stability.
Many economists believe last month's attacks have pushed the U.S. economy into a full-blown recession, raising the risk of a global downturn if Europe and Japan don't find more ways to bolster their own economies. The Labor Department reported Friday that U.S. businesses cut their payrolls by 199,000 jobs in September, the biggest total in more than a decade and a figure that did not count the mass layoffs caused by the travel disruptions. The new European Central Bank, which conducts monetary policy for the 12 nations sharing the euro currency, did participate in a global round of interest rate cuts.
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Economic Statistics for 6 Dec 13
This will be a catch-up entry, as I was unable to do yesterday's statistics, due to my evening management class.
Only about 10 chain stores still post monthly results any more. Mostly, they report a weak November.
Layoff announcements continue to run at 2-year highs, at 45,314 in November vs 45,730 in October.
Gallup's US Payroll to Population employment rate was steady at 43.7%.
The first revision of Q3 GDP came it at a 3.6% annualized rate. Sadly, this was almost all due to inventory accumulation. Final sales were actually revised downwards to 1.9%. The GDP price index came in at 2.0%.
Weekly initial jobless claims fell 23,000 to 298,000. The 4-week moving average fell 9,500 to 322,250. Continuing claims fell 21,000 to a recovery low of 2.744 million.
The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index rose 2 points to -31.3 this week.
Factory Orders fell -0.9% in October. Ex-transportation orders were unchanged.
The Fed's balance sheet rose $6.8 billion last week, with total assets of $3.933 trillion. Reserve Bank credit increased $2.2 billion.
The Fed reports that M2 Money Supply increased by $15.4 billion last week.
The BLS reports that 203,000 net new jobs, while the unemployment rate fell to 7.0%. Average hourly earnings rose 0.2%, while the average workweek rose 0.1 hours to 34.5 hours. The labor force participation rate rose 0.2% to 63%, as an additional 818,000 persons entered the labor force. The number of unemployed fell by –365,000, while the number of persons not in the labor force fell by -268,000. Using the historical average labor force participation rate, the real rate of unemployment is 11.54%.
The University of Michigan's Consumer Sentiment index for December rose a sharp 7.4 points to 82.5.
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With city coffers being slashed and worker lay-offs on the horizon, the City of Oakdale finds itself using much needed funds to pay legal fees by outside legal firms hired to defend the city.
While financial troubles for cities like Oakdale deepen, city administrators are discussing the possibility of contracting out some local city services.
The Stanislaus County Democratic Central Committee named Oakdale Mayor Pat Paul as one of its Citizens of the Year at the Ninth Annual Edmund G "Pat " Brown Award Dinner recently in Modesto. Also honored was area labor leader Marcie Bayne of Modesto.
Everywhere you turned, there were stories of hope. Stories of triumph. And unfortunately, occasionally, the stories of loss.
At Wednesday's Board of Director's meeting, April 25, Oak Valley Hospital CEO John McCormick announced that the State of California awarded the hospital a $350,000 grant.
The Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office and Fire Department responded to the San Joaquin River near 8622 Dos Rios Monday afternoon, April 30 for a 17-year-old male in need of assistance. The teen was swimming with friends when he began having problems. A friend attempted to help him get to the river bed, but could not hold onto him. Both the Sheriff's and Fire Department are attempting to locate the teen's body with the use of the dive team. The teen was last seen floating north along the San Joaquin River.
Rene Limirande, owner of Rene's Boutique on North Fifth Avenue, knows how to appeal to a girl on a budget.
Authorities have released the name of a bicyclist killed along Rodden Road early Sunday afternoon, April 22 as Michael Scherper, 68, of Oakdale.
Teams will take to the track set up around the Oakdale High School soccer fields this weekend, but they won't be looking to put any goals in the net.
For gearheads and motor enthusiasts, the inaugural Oakdale Car Show, held Saturday, April 21 at Wood Park had plenty of shiny chrome to admire as more than 100 registered vehicles rumbled into Oakdale for the event.
Contributing more than 15,000 hours of service annually, the Oak Valley Hospital District's volunteers were honored at a reception on April 19 at the Oak Valley Medical Plaza.
Students, parents, teachers and school administrators are invited to attend a Student Events Program Informational Faire on Monday, April 23, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Gallo Centre for the Arts in Modesto. Admission is free, and appetizers and beverages will be provided.
A pipe bomb found in a backpack taken to the Oakdale Police Station forced police personnel to evacuate the facility early morning Friday, April 20.
On Tuesday, April 24, the Stanislaus County Public Health Laboratory has arranged an Open House to celebrate 50 years of Public Health Laboratory services and present new PCR testing capability.
In the hustle and bustle of everyday life, many people are looking for ways to quickly add healthy supplements to their diets to make up for when they can't or don't eat right. Some take a vitamin supplement, others take whole food supplements in the form of capsules, powders, or liquids.
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U.S. Representative Jeff Denham (R-Turlock) recently announced Mobile District Office Hours for the month of September 2016. Mobile District Office Hours are an opportunity ...
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Official Title: "Pharmacokinetics and Safety of 50 mg/kg IV Levetiracetam (Keppra) in Full Term and Preterm Neonates"
The primary objective of this study is to determine the pharmacokinetic profile of a 50 mg/kg loading dose of intravenous levetiracetam (LEV) in term and late preterm infants with seizures. Secondary objectives are to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a 50 mg/kg loading dose of levetiracetam in term and preterm infants with seizures, and to obtain data on steady state drug levels of levetiracetam in neonates.
- Study Type: Interventional
- Study Design: Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Pharmacokinetics Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Study Primary Completion Date: July 2011
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Primary Measures
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- Time Frame: 5-20 minutes after the dose, 1-2 hours after the dose, 6-10 hours after the dose, and possibly 4-7 days after loading dose (if infants remained on maintenance doses)
Safety Issue?: No
- Time Frame: 5-20 minutes after the dose, 1-2 hours after the dose, 6-10 hours after the dose, and possibly 4-7 days after loading dose (if infants remained on maintenance doses)
Secondary Measures
- Change in Vital Sign Baseline
- Time Frame: 24 hours after loading dose
Safety Issue?: Yes
- Time Frame: 24 hours after loading dose
- Number of Participants With Adverse Events
- Time Frame: 24 hours after dose
Safety Issue?: Yes
- Time Frame: 24 hours after dose
Criteria for Participation in this Clinical Trial
Inclusion Criteria
- Gestational age ≥ 32 weeks
- Postnatal age ≤ 30 days
- Birth weight ≥ 2000 grams
- Admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Cincinnati Children's Hospital
- Clinical or electrographic seizures of any etiology
- Seizures or seizure prophylaxis requiring treatment with levetiracetam
- Parental consent obtained
Exclusion Criteria
- Infants with renal insufficiency indicated by serum creatinine > 2.0 at any time
- Infants who have previously received levetiracetam
- Parents refuse consent
- Attending physician does not wish the infant to be enrolled in the study
- Infants who are currently receiving an investigational drug
Gender Eligibility for this Clinical Trial: Both
Minimum Age for this Clinical Trial: N/A
Maximum Age for this Clinical Trial: 30 Days
Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted for this Clinical Trial: No
Clinical Trial Investigator Information
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- Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
- Principal Investigator: Stephanie Merhar, MD, Assistant Professor – Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
- Overall Official(s)
- Stephanie Merhar, MD, Principal Investigator, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Additional Information on this Clinical Trial
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on September 27, 2016
Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. – https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01239212
Study ID Number: 101335
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01239212
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration


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Sometimes I have the courage to think of the things that made me what I am today,
My memory takes me back to terrible things far away far off into my bitter past,
My mind like a maze of dirty black alleys that smell of waste, loss and disgust,
The losses, the drink ripped away, not happy until it was all gone respect as well.
Invisible thinks of a garden where roses clustered with lilies scent on the breeze,
Bees found stores of honey in the petals of a thousand and one different flowers,
Lovers walked hand in hand along its winding path a beautiful dream of the man,
Bright with the embroidery of nature where children played in new myrtle flowers,
As Invisible thinks of this garden it is neglected but flowers can grow with weeds,
It could put a smile upon his face, a face that had never known any joy recently,
He hopes a gardener can covert this garden get rid of ruined waste, back into Eden,
Tending all the beautiful flowers that spring up with the weeds and smell gladness.
If he helped the gardener in his quest a hand might hold his and guide him through,
Maybe a hand would go around his waist to support him as well as guide his hand,
Dare he wish that the guiding hand and the support would be his angel from heaven,
A dear person to help him clear his garden and walk down the winding path as lovers.
An angel that would smile at him maybe hold his hand and squeeze it so very gently,
Would the angel talk to him and tell him that one day they would be together again,
Her beautiful grace shining warmly as she looks up to him, to her he is her hero,
Not a drunken mess that cannot cope, not a dirty vagrant, but her knight her love.
The tenderness of this beautiful scene in his poisoned mind became real he smiled,
He grinned as she sat down next to him as close a she could get then wriggled closer,
Warmth from her body not only warmed him but gave hope this what he has waited for,
She whispered sweetly she loved him and would be waiting for him and they kissed.
Invisible woke with a start and was she not by his side, was she ever with him,
A dream another heart wrenching let down and how could he have dreamed the dream,
It was so real he still felt the warmth, the impression of her hand holding his,
But it must have been a dream his own mind conspired to deliver the hardest blow.
Lost in a grief so deep, his loneliness complete he talks to Sam his imaginary friend.
These days get worse Sam they really do please help me,
I need to change but I need my drink more what can I do,
But I need to change so desperately Sam can you help?
My world has cracked and I've fallen into the crack,
But what I don't understand Sam that I was once good,
If I had any courage Sam I would be laying in my coffin,
Why does life drag you along with it I don't want to go,
Just a bit of icing on my cake Sam it is freezing cold,
Did you know this is where I was brought up my friend,
Did you know that most of the people that walk past I knew,
Sam! I know many of there people but they don't know me,
Why do they all walk past I wish somebody would help,
Maybe when I have drunk more cider I might feel better Sam,
I can remember being happy but not what being happy is like,
As Invisible sits drinking shoppers give him a wide berth and they look at him with hate.
These people Sam they look at me as if I have hurt them,
The people they are not our sort of people they hate me,
Has the world changed like I have but in opposite ways,
My life is full of sorrow drunkenness and dreams Sam,
Old sorrows wont go away new sorrows should take over,
So we have to face both the old and the new that's bad,
At night I try to close my drunken eyes it all returns,
Sam is that the same as you can you close your eyes,
Can you remember the valleys Sam the ones we used to play,
When we ran about all day Sam in the sun rolling in grass,
The old stream that twisted and turned, it had lost its way,
Floating lolly sticks watching them bounce away on ripples,
Buying bangers in November and throwing them into the water,
What I wouldn't do to go back for just a couple of hours Sam,
Just to feel the innocence and try to bring it back to now,
To enjoy what there is to enjoy and maybe get better Sam,
But that will never happen Sam we are lost on an island,
A well populated island but an island all the same Sam,
People are not like ships they don't bother to rescue people,
They just walk around or just walk away all the nice ones gone,
I remember my school Sam it's now been knocked down and left,
It has all gone, all gone no primroses in spring or bluebells,
Do you remember Sam the bluebells used to nod in the wind,
But they have all been built on, whats the use in talking,
Nothing changes from bad to good Sam remember that, eh Sam,
Still drinking his cider tears well into his eyes his nose runs and begins to quietly
to sob. He sits on the shopping parade seat, shaking as he sobs. His throat has a lump
in it so he stops talking to Sam. Invisible sinks his wet face into his overcoat
hides his misery from the people that walk past he just sat there lost and confused. His
greatest sadness an angel paid a visit to the maze of dirty black alleys that smell of waste,
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Copyright © Terry Trainor | Year Posted 2013
The Whiskey Bottle Wish
One late summer night outside a saloon in the mid-west, an intoxicated Dusty Rogers, stumbles out of the Bar nearly taking one of the revolving doors with him. As he flutters on out, he catches his fall on the walkway hand railing in front of him. Focusing his sight with a loose grip holding the railing, the other hand has tighter grip on a bottle of Whiskey. Hesitantly letting go of the rail he musters up enough hand eye coordination to fix his hat and pull up his pants. As the drunken man walks down the strip of a quiet town... A quiet town after all the rooms in the bathos are vacant, when all the liquor has run dry from every bottle, far after all the lead and gun powder filled the air ... It's then a quiet town. An hour walking and countless chugs of sweet, sweet whiskey; the drunken Rogers, has been taking over with the urge to piss. He sees a hallucination of a building up ahead about ten feet away. He pulls up, face nearly inches from what he thinks to be the wall of the building, but is in fact a towering cliff side standing over fifty feet staring down on him. He starts to piss on the cliff side soaking his pants and boots. He places the bottle down with his left hand as his right hand is stretched out flat on the wall holding himself up. He's leaning forward so much it appears as if he were holding up the mountain. He begins to mumble.
"You drunk. You will always be a drunk... That's all they ever spoked about me. But, why? How did this... How did any of this happen?" His right hand slips and his face crashes into the jagged cliff side in front of him. He groans in agonizing pain while he is lies in his urine. Bludgeon face he shouts up at the stars.
"Damn you! You tooken everything from me. You left me all alone! Why didn't you take me too! Am I not good enough for death...? I do anything to feel the blaze envelop me. Like they so did... "Wiping his tears he whispers. "You should have tooked me with them. I should have burned on that train with my family... That was my destiny instead I bare the mark of Cain." looking up at the sky as if expecting an answer. "Just sit up their laughing as you strip everything from my hands and fill this void with this damned bottle."
As he continues to wipe the tears off his face, he gets to his feet zipping up his pants and is about start to walk along the mountain side. In his peripheral he's sees the shimmer behind him. Turning around he Picks up the bottle of whiskey and stops to eye ball the remaining two or three gulps. Looking at the bottle and he starts to rub the side as if where a lamp. "I wish to see my family" holding back the tears forming in the corner of his eyes. "You took everything from me so in return, I'll take all of you!"
He takes a swig and starts walking along side of the cliff shouting obscenities. In his anguish he stumbles and trips upon a metal beam railing falling flat on his face. Instead of picking himself up, he reaches for the whiskey and goes to take an even bigger hit from the bottle. Franticly shaking the bottle to get out every drop out he chucks the empty bottle in the air. The bottle never breaking hits the ground skipping and flipping along the gravel. Below his feet wooden planks placed about a foot apart from one another lay in a row. Running up the side, adjacent to the planks, runs a solid steel beam. The drunk has no idea he has stumbled onto train tracks leading into a tunnel right through the mountain. He thinks he is walking down a hand railed stairwell leading to a basement. He walks on the tracks towards a tunnel, he loses his balance and reaches for non-existing handrails but the rails are too low to grab so he trips over a plank of wood and falls on his face once more.
"What...What kind of crap is this?" he cries as he lays out on the floor half conscious. Suddenly he starts to laugh the intensity grew as he was trying to get to his feet. He only manages to sit up facing the blackened tunnel ceiling as if it was a starless night sky. "What are you waiting for? Stop toying with me. If you want then come take me. I'm here..." a loud whistling sound comes charging through the tunnel growing louder each passing second. With a shaky voice and a sense of uncertainty he asks.
"Trumpets? Is that roar trumpets I hear? Is that you?" as the ground starts to tremble the sound grows immensely; numbing all senses. Then, a bright light comes ripping through the darkness like a bullet through midair. The light striking his glossy eyes blinds him. The ground rumbles violently as the whistling sound becomes deafening. He chuckles and spreads his arms wide open and says "You finally answered my prayers." he closes his eyes, and black was the last thing he saw.
Copyright © Steven Medellin | Year Posted 2014
Two friends were travelling to the east seeking unexplored lands
eventually they reached some grim looking tall mountains
slowly they made their way up to the summit and stood there
Breathlessly they were amazed by the panoramic view before them
Vast areas of open lands stretched out with lakes and forests dotted about
"what a wonderful place" said McLeod "lets climb down and explore it "
they set off it took a long time to get down to the valleys below
they set up camp by a crystal clear spring full of big fat fish
"Supper" said McBram "lets try to catch some" with only their hands
they set about fishing, soon four
fat silver fish had been tickled out
lighting a fire they found a good flat stone on which to bake the fish
the teasing enticing smell of the fish soon filled the air
They saved two which they smoked to carry with them
that night as they slept a bear raided the camp stealing
the smoked fish. Luckily sated it did not attack them
"Drat no breakfast" said McLeod " lets catch and cook some more"
Finally ready they set off following the stream down to a lake
there were plenty of familiar fruits and berries for them to gather
also many strange ones that tempted them "best not eat them" said McBram
"They could be poisonousness". "No look the birds are eating them"
Reassured they tucked in eating a few and collecting some for later
suddenly with a mighty sound a mound rose up with a cave in it
the two friends looked at each other in bewilderment . "What's that
where did it come from?" asked McBram as slowly they entered the vast entrance
An eerie light flooded the cave, it was being emitted by some red crystals
they looked at each other and going over to them they touched them
with a flash they were suddenly spinning through time itself
crashing down they found themselves many moons in the past
Before them they could see strange looking people that bowed before them
a weird man dressed in skins with a stick that was shaped like a snake
pointed it at them it seemed alive as it hissed at the friends wreathing
"These are the promised ones" he said "The ones foretold of in prophecies"
"They have come here from the future to fore-fill the ancient legend"
the friends were feted by these people who treated them like kings
and the following day they were led to an ancient monolith
and strapped to it. "What is going on" asked McLeod "why have you tied us up?"
"To stop the dragon carrying you off" said the shaman "The prophecy foretells
you must defeat it to rid our lands of its evil purpose. At full moon it takes a maiden
and some of the children and feasts on them. You with your swords of iron can
defeat it." "Well we have never seen on before" said McLeod
"How are we supposed to defeat it" "I have a magic potion" said the shaman
"drink it and its fiery breath will not harm you. With its protection you must
then strike the dragon in both its eye then its heart" Giving them their swords
the villagers scurried off to hide. Soon there was a mighty roar and the dragon
flew down breathing fire, its talons outstretched to grab them. McBram went
for its eye running his sword into it sending it blind, while McLeod struck it deep
in its heart. The dragon fell to the ground and laid there dead. The villagers
came out of hiding and prepared a great feast in their honour
Towards the end of the celebration the shaman gave them both a bowl
"Drink this, he said "It will return you to your own time" So they drank it
and found themselves again spinning through time. They saw many different times
and strange places as they were whirled back to the present
Unconscious they laid on the ground slowly coming to, they were back at their camp
on coming to they looked at each other in puzzled bewilderment. Talking about
what had occurred they decided it must have been an illumination. Until they saw
lying on the ground some dragon scales collecting them up they returned home
Their friends scoffed at their story saying they had dreamt it all, there were no
longer dragons in this land. The two friends showed the others the dragon's scales
which were stared at with awe and amazement. Right there and then the two
friends decided they would stay at home safe with family and friends
Maybe to be continued
Copyright © Shadow Hamilton | Year Posted 2014
When I was a child I only ever wanted to be strong.
I wanted to be able to compete with the boys
and when I foot raced them at recess I won every time.
They called me 'She Hulk' because of my muscular frame
and from the way I only ever wore soccer t-shirts and sweat pants.
After that nickname was implanted into my brain like a growing weed,
I've only ever wanted to be feminine.
I started wearing skirts and dresses
and in middle school they shrieked at the site of my makeup and done up hair.
But that weed inside of my mind only grew, and grew, and grew
until I became a mixed drink cocktail
with one part anorexic and two parts lonely,
because I thought that the definition of feminine began with the word frail.
No one ever realizes how greatly words affect us,
how a simple nickname can turn a pretty girl into a skeleton.
I stood at five foot two weighing seventy nine pounds,
so cold and frozen,
yet I still considered myself a 'She Hulk.'
You could see my ribcage through my t-shirt
and my spinal cord protruded loudly through my weathered skin,
as if somehow my bones were dirty knives
just trying to cut through the flesh of judgment.
As I grew older I became the girl that was never enough.
Not good enough to speak poetry.
Not good enough to lay paint on a canvas.
Not good enough.
Not tall enough.
Not big enough boobs for them.
Not primped to perfection.
Not undeniably straight.
Not smart enough.
Not dumb enough.
Not ditsy enough.
Not cool enough or fun enough.
And I began to believe, too, that I wasn't enough.
I never told my mother that I had been in madly in love with a girl.
I never told anyone about the night we first kissed
because I was too vulnerable for the judgment.
And parents always justify saying that 'kids will be kids'
But when we are kids our brains are still growing
and the smallest of seeds that get planted will one day bloom
into one giant regret,
will one day affect the choices that we make,
will one day influence us about the clothes that we wear,
will one day shape us into the person who we thought we would never be.
I only ever wanted to be strong,
and as a child I thought strength was only about being able
to lift a bar stool above your head.
I thought that strength was only about being able
to beat the boys in bare foot running races.
I was told that strength was something only
a man could have.
But as I've grown older I've realized that strength
isn't about muscle at all,
but it's about weakness,
and the ability to overcome the social anxiousness.
It's about carrying around a lifetime of baggage
on your broken back
because the ones that kicked you when you were down
are going to be the ones that were ultimately wrong.
I thought that the definition of woman
began with the word disappointment.
And I became a mixed drink cocktail
with one part freedom
and two parts Sailor Jerry
because every girl needs a stiff drink once and awhile.
We are not disappointments.
We will never be the ones who gave up on hope.
We will never be the ones who gave up on each other,
or god,
or our mothers.
We will always be enough;
enough for the ones who shunned us
enough for the ones that cursed us
enough for the ones the hurt us
and destroyed us
and beat us when we were covered in bruises.
But you see, bruises fade
and the scars of our flesh are only stories
things we have overcame
and there are things out there that we will overcome.
When I was a child, I only ever wanted to be strong.
I hid my vulnerability.
I hid the parts of me that were true.
I never told my mother about my girlfriend
because I was afraid she wouldn't understand,
kind of like all those people who never understood
just how much words effect us.
I can't say that I can beat the boys at foot races anymore,
because, well, I smoke cigarettes now.
And I can't say that the nickname of my childhood didn't affect me.
But I take that name now and embrace it.
Because I am strong.
I am the 'she hulk'.
I am a mixed drink cocktail
with three parts greatful.
Copyright © Katie Pukash | Year Posted 2013
A Mutual Enemy
By Reg Rhodes
My friend and I have a dangerous and mutual enemy. It is called alcohol, and
it is killing her.
Masquerading as her best friend, the alcohol is cunning. Repeatedly, it sells
her dreamy promises of escape from reality.
The alcohol is baffling; it keeps her convinced that she is not sick, that
another drink wont hurt.
Powerful in its relentless pursuit of her soul, the alcohol exposes its true
intentions, slowly draining her life.
Escape from reality was only an alcohol induced illusion, the relief only
Only small traces of her once-vibrant personality remain, her proud stature
reduced to an unrecognizable slouch. Her once healthy figure now skinny and
Alcohol; now the great betrayer, is tenanciously pursuing its goal to kill my
friend, just like it tried to kill me.
The alcohol is merciless, and it aspires to steal her soul.
The alcohol is patient; slowly destroying my friends life, drowning her in a sea
of loneliness and despair.
She frantically swims for shore, and it is so far away. Miraculously, a raft
materializes. Gods concern is apparant.
She rejects the concept of God, even In the face of adversity. She is stubborn,
and refuses to see the raft, rejecting Gods help. She swims right by.
The alcohol shows no sympathy; it destroys it's victims slowly and painfully.
The alcohol is poison in her body; it doesn't care that her liver is shutting
It pays no mind to the plethora of mysterious health problems, the endless
barrage of doctor appointments or the many surgeries she must endure.
The alcohol is cunning; providing her with a dark veil of tears, keeping her
blind to her own terrifying reality.
The alcohol is the great deceiver; keeping her wrapped in a cloak of denial,
the pleadings of her friends and family go unnoticed.
The alcohol is the great repressor; It stole her smile, her laugh, her
The alcohol knows nothing of love; it has no regards for her kids, her family or
her friends..
The alcohol silences her fear of death. It replaces happiness with anger, joy
with sadness, and confidence with bewilderment.
The alcohol is the great supressor. Warnings from her doctors go unnoticed,
she no longer fears death.
The alcohol keeps her in a constant state of self loathing, sadness, loneliness
and fear.
My friend and I have a dangerous and mutual enemy that preys on our
unaided will, it makes her blind to Gods love for her.
Stripped of her many wonderful attributes, she no longer sees his plan for her,
or what he had in mind when he created her.
If only she would stop pushing God away, and allow him to embrace her with
his love, forgiveness, tolerance and understanding.
If she could only understand that only God can restore her sanity. That only
he can relieve her of the unbearable cravings and compulsions to drink.
If only she could believe in a higher power greater than herself, give up her
stubborness, drop to her knees and cry out for help.
Even an inadvertant prayer can be powerful, provided she has an
overwhelming, genuine desire to stop drinking.
For her, a spiritual awakening would mean freedom from the bondage of
A liberating fact for her is that she doesn't have to drink anymore.
The chaos and turmoil in her life will disappear.
Tumultuous mental torture will be removed, and she will feel serenity and
She will find that God will do for her what she couldn't do for herself.
Hand in hand, my friend and I will skip our way along the road to happy
Our dangerous mutual enemy, no longer a threat.
Copyright © Reg Rhodes | Year Posted 2014
Penny for your own thoughts Penny ballad is all it costs First-foot in Auld Lang Syne A stagger then a cheer forgotten Lost train of thought always rotten Pennies are flying Westbound ribands are Caught but never sent Penny ballad is all it costs I would see it in print But of course the last penny spent Never in the jar Pennies are flying Westbound ribands are Caught but never sent
Copyright © John Beam | Year Posted 2015
Where Were You Daddy
where were you when I was all alone
why weren't you here after I begged you to come home
how could you leave me here with her, you were all I had
I had enough people to hurt me
I needed my dad
you promised you'll always be here to pick me up when I'll fall
you told me if I ever needed anything,
all I had to do was call
I must have called you a million times each day
I just needed to hear your voice
I needed to know you were okay
but you didn't even answer,
you didn't even say good-bye
I guess you were too drunk to remember about me
or maybe you were just too high
I needed you, Daddy,
I needed you to love me more
but you weren't thinking about me
when you walked out that door into the bars
dad you can see my permanent scars
always and forever is what you always say
will i have to wait my whole life to ever see that day
it's sad that you did what you told me any other guy would
if my own dad couldn't love me
I don't see how any guy could
I'm disappointed in you because you left me here with no one
even now you have apologized for everything you've done
you say I should forgive you, and dad i want you to know that i have
but just remember this...
who stuck by you right or wrong,
wasn't it me?
just like the typical guy you couldn't love me or appreciate the things I did
I don't even know who you are anymore
you're not the man I looked up to as a kid
I want him back, I want my dad!!
don't you see? nothing else mattered,
you were all I really ever had
you were the only one who put me first before everything else
we were a team, Dad
how could you leave me here by myself?
since the first day you left, there's been this space I've so desperately trying to fill
no one understands anymore and these cuts are the only way I numb the pain I feel
I found a way to fill the space, but it's only temporary
they can't erase the pain I've been through
you said I'll always be your baby
Dad, what did I do?!
These boys can't take the insecurities you caused
no matter what they do or say
you were supposed to be here, Daddy,
to take the hurt away
I just want everything to be like it was before you decided it was easier to leave,
before you forgot all the things you promised,
before your drugs meant more to you than me,
I just wish this would all stop,
I wish I could make it all okay
I can't forget all those years ago
I still blame myself, I should've made you stay
but you should have known better
I would never have wanted you to go
you were my protector, Daddy
you weren't supposed to hurt me; you were suppose to be my hero
but you did hurt me, Dad, and you can't take it back
it'll never be the same
I've become so insecure but you're not the only one to blame
even now you realize you were wrong and come home tonight
it's done so much damage trying to fill that space
nothing you do will ever make it right
dad i love you always and a day ill still listen to what you have to say
i have learnt so much while you've been gone and as you know a lot of it is thanks to mom
but i'm willing to start a new but dad my decision only depends on you!
Copyright © alainey craig | Year Posted 2015
The screen motionless before me
How can I break free, end this vicious circle of mediocrity
How can I, how can I be myself once more
And not abide by the lines some hack falsely accused of being a masterpiece
I can only blame myself for taking the job
Can only blame myself for thinking I could act
But I'm a liar, I'm a cheater
I'm unable to hold down the impact of the words
Alcohol, the fated drug bearing the God awful truth
A drunken rampage ended the perfect family carved out of a dream
My beautiful, trusted wife; the woman to hold me up from the darkest corners of myself
The woman I cherished with every ounce of bleeding heart
The woman I saw as heaven
Reduced to savagely caving in the side of my face with the heel of her ruby high heels
My ironic favorite of her collection; I bought those for her when we went to prom
She savagely caved in the side of my face as soon as I opened the door to our daughter's room…
The treachery, the tyranny
What unearthly thing possessed me?
Possibly the stench of the model lingering in my nostrils
Possibly the taste of her skin fresh upon my lips
Possibly the stain of her cherry lipstick crawling upon my chest
Possibly the merry of dual hands exploring the content of each other's body
Possibly the wine intoxicating my insides…
How could I have been so weak, weak in the needs?
I left out of the house that day with my daughter's best intentions at heart
Her stuffed wolf lurking playfully where she last sat in the car
The picture she drew of us on top of my briefcase in the passenger seat
Going back inside to kiss my wife goodbye, saying I love her with all my life
Now I wake up in a new day, lifeless
How could I betray…how I could betray…?
I stand here with a jagged scar cursing the side of my face
Forcing me to remember that grave day
An array of empty seats
An audience to remind me I'll always be alone
I'll always be alone…
Rachel…forgive me I know "I'm sorry" will never be good enough
Forgive me, a kiss goodnight on her head
Was the only sweet dream I wished to place on Elizabeth
Please believe me…please (sigh)
Why should you believe me when I've kept silent?
Why should you believe me when I've done nothing to prove to you I'm innocent?
Kiss Izzy goodbye for me, please
Tell her Daddy's sorry; let her know Daddy's sorry…
An array of flooded seats, filled with a standing ovation and deceivable acknowledgement
I'll always be alone
Because I'm stuck to the script of a movie based beginning
Prone to falling short in repetitive fashion
A hand's reach away from assorted eternal bliss
Doomed to surfing this sea of unfamiliar faces
Craving attention and their approval
Like I am a beach and they are six year old kids merrily playing in the sand building castles
I have only myself to blame
I'm only a rock, kick me as far as you can
Here I stand and now here I lay
Today, I hate it
What to do now, I don't know
The screen set motionless before me
Yet beyond what I can see
The screen tells my belated story
Of a dedicated father becoming a dedicated falter
Copyright © Russell Banks | Year Posted 2016
Juniper's Daughter Picks a Man
On a cold rainy early winter night Juniper's Daughter landed her flying disc on the car park of Aldi and went for a beer. She was dressed in casual attire so as not to stand out, she wanted a man and did it the old skool way. Juniper's Daughter sauntered in the bar held the door open with one hand and let all of the men in the venue get a good look at her, in turn she took in each of them.
Most were crap but one caught her eye. She slowly looked his way and made eye contact and entered the pub, walking over to him. Two dozen sets of male eyes and several female tracked her as she went to the bar and stood next to the man. The witch shook her hair and ruffled it with her hand.
Turning she glanced at the man and announced in her Danish accent, "Hi there, you gonna buy me a drink then?"
The man looked at the young woman beside him noticing that she was toned up under her loose fitting casual clothes and replied, "Yea why not. What are you having?"
"Why young man I'll have you! I mean I'll have a beer!" Laughed the witch slightly blushing, this got the man exited and guaranteed his interest in her.
His gaze never left Juniper's Daughter she looked into space at the spirit bottles upside down behind the bar. The man ordered the drinks in a flustered voice, losing his cool a little? She smiled gently at him and asked his name, he replied, "Jason."
"I'm Anna but people call me The Witch due to my blond hair and looks coz I'm from Denmark. I don't mind that actually."
"Really? I've never been to Denmark but I like their beer they make, really good. Have you drunk it?"
"Oh yes my love, I've had it many times. Thanks for the beer."
The couple were quiet for a minute drinking their drinks and thinking about the other, he liked the blond lady. She wasn't like local gals and did she really want him or slip up?
She liked the young man from first glance and soon she would make love to him in her flying disc after their drinks. Moving closer to the man, Jason, Anna gently held his hand and slowly moved her face towards his and kissed him once on he lips.
He didn't back away or resist, he met her kiss and parted the witch's tongue with his kissing her deeply, she closed her eyes and ignored the envious looks from other people at the bar and tables in the pub. A few people whispered and pointed, this doesn't normally happen and who was this foreign gutsy stranger?
After a long timeless kiss the witch let her hand brush Jason's jeans feeling his bulge, they kissed again and finished their drinks. She whispered that she wanted him and held out her hand, he took it and followed her. Together they left the pub and walked over to the car park where he thought her car was parked.
Copyright © nick armbrister jimmy boom semtex | Year Posted 2015
I pulled up to the Stork Club in a bright Red Coupe Deville. I must admit I felt a bit of pride as I tossed the bell hop the keys. I said "Keep it close Kid!". As he sat behind the steering wheel, I admired the way that the chrome reflected the street lights. I walked towards the entrance and the bouncer motioned me to the front of the line. I smiled and pressed a twenty into his palm, he didn't crack a smile but he did open the front door for me.
At the entry a pretty young thing took my hat and coat, her smile made up for the doorman's lack of exuberance. She handed me a ticket and I slipped a twenty down her ample cleavage, she didn't seem to mind. In fact she said "My name is Hana and I finish at One." I said "That's good to know doll face."
There was a large mirror and as I adjusted my tie, I thought "this Havana white suit suits me just fine. I liked the texture of the fabric and somehow the whiteness made my baby blues pop! I walked up to the bar like I owned the place, I ordered "A Scotch on the Rocks." The bartender winked and said "Right away sir." A cigarette girl came by and I ordered some Camel's. She opened them for me and I peeled another twenty of my roll and said "Keep the change." By this time people where starting to take notice. A gorgeous dame sitting at the bar asked me "Are you going to buy me a drink?" I played it cool and said "Maybe" she looked surprised, I guess that wasn't the reaction she was expecting. She looked intrigued which was exactly what I was hoping for. I tapped my pack of camels on my forefinger and two cigarettes came out. I offered her one and she put it up to her luscious lips. I removed a gold plated lighter from my pocket and starred deeply into her eyes as I lit her cigarette. She starred right back and I thought "This couldn't be going any better."
All of a sudden there was a big commotion at the front door. I looked up and the Bell Hop was pointing in my direction. There were two uniformed officers with him and they were heading in my direction. I could have ran but instead I reached for the dame and gave her a huge kiss on those luscious lips. I then turned and put another twenty on the bar and said "Give the lady a drink." A moment later my face was pressed on the same bar and handcuffs were tightly fastened to my wrists. I guess in the end I gave all these fancy folks somethin to jaw about. In the morning they will be reading all about me. A great story to tell the grand kids.
For Judy's "Puttin on The Ritz" contest.
By:Richard Lamoureux
Copyright © Richard Lamoureux | Year Posted 2015


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DILI, Indonesia - Pro-Indonesia militiamen rampaged through East Timor's capital unchallenged today, a day after the U.N. announced that residents overwhelmingly voted to break away from Indonesia and become independent.
An American was wounded in the gunfire that erupted Saturday in the provincial capital of Dili and continued well into today. Many feared the vote results could spark a civil war. The number of casualties from the shootings was unknown.
Army and police units were scattered through Dili, but they were not challenging the militiamen, who carried homemade guns, machetes and military weapons. Residents fled the city, and many areas largely were deserted. Several major Dili buildings were ablaze.
Hundreds of foreign journalists - virtually all that were in East Timor - were making plans to evacuate amid threats from the militias. At Dili's main port, dozens of truckloads of people were fleeing by boat to other islands to escape the unchecked violence.
Meanwhile, Dili airport today overflowed with journalists and Indonesian police, soldiers and their families, who waited for evacuation flights with worried faces. Some police carried a child on one arm and a rifle in the other.
On Saturday, the militia groups attacked U.N. offices and vehicles, wounding one American and prompting the evacuation of some U.N. staff members just hours after the world body announced that residents overwhelmingly voted for independence.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced Friday night what was apparent all week - that East Timorese voted in a landslide to end a quarter-century of often brutal Indonesian rule. U.N. officials said 344,580 people, or 78.5 percent, voted to split with the world's fourth most-populous nation.
The news triggered a violent backlash by anti-independence forces, who favored autonomy within Indonesia and tried to disrupt the vote by attacking U.N. workers. At least four local U.N. workers were killed this week, and another six were missing and feared dead.
One U.S. police adviser, whose name was not disclosed, was shot in the abdomen by men in Indonesian police uniforms during an ambush near the town of Liquica, diplomats and U.N. workers said on customary condition of anonymity. U.N. officials said he was not in serious condition and would be flown to Australia, 370 miles to the southeast.
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