tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851056198631557096.post5572933496946904654..comments2024-03-09T22:06:30.008-05:00Comments on THE WALKING MAN: RAW ORE AND SPICES: LIFE'S NECESSARIESthe walking manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851056198631557096.post-70243691790244214952013-11-03T20:39:11.514-05:002013-11-03T20:39:11.514-05:00Mark, it scares the hell out of me. What is perce...Mark, it scares the hell out of me. What is perceived to be self preservation...what have we become. xojodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798858210138821711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851056198631557096.post-30826519749729074832013-11-02T21:34:57.094-04:002013-11-02T21:34:57.094-04:00I liked your answer to Grace; wars are not fought ...I liked your answer to Grace; wars are not fought for ideology, but rather for greed. We learn to survive whatever that is, staying away from the window or dropping to the floor. Others learn to trade goods for money. It's all about keeping #1 aheadA Plain Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741520771592669741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851056198631557096.post-17662741158427285972013-10-31T09:54:59.741-04:002013-10-31T09:54:59.741-04:00Different trade but still pirates who exploit and ...Different trade but still pirates who exploit and plunder. Much deadlier though. And every kid on a corner is hoping for a big score. Sydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642843245634635843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851056198631557096.post-86788451177953649272013-10-31T04:30:44.016-04:002013-10-31T04:30:44.016-04:00"Everybody has to get stoned" Ivan."Everybody has to get stoned" Ivan.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851056198631557096.post-58086057643434654462013-10-31T04:30:01.780-04:002013-10-31T04:30:01.780-04:00kj A child should NEVER be born an adult. kj A child should NEVER be born an adult. the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851056198631557096.post-31408951034992707812013-10-31T04:28:40.126-04:002013-10-31T04:28:40.126-04:00Thank you Jeff, time to take the kid gloves off an...Thank you Jeff, time to take the kid gloves off and set a challenge before any who will hear.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851056198631557096.post-52525071012652284622013-10-31T04:27:52.977-04:002013-10-31T04:27:52.977-04:00Cloudia i would rather this patina be cleaned off ...Cloudia i would rather this patina be cleaned off and the object sold in an udesirably clean state of being.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851056198631557096.post-75238188240260286672013-10-31T04:26:58.005-04:002013-10-31T04:26:58.005-04:00Ivan images have to be formed for understanding, e...Ivan images have to be formed for understanding, even words on paper can create an image, I have a billion in my head and I need to flush them,the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851056198631557096.post-74093981305656596622013-10-31T04:25:24.508-04:002013-10-31T04:25:24.508-04:00One thing I know Charles, at least in Detroit the ...One thing I know Charles, at least in Detroit the more densely packed people are the more they see what others have that they do not and they will go to war to get it. Everyone needs a "99 Chevy pimped out with 26" rims,a $20,000 stereo and paint job so violence must be the path to it. No one who works hard for their money would waste it like that. Look at governments, they order taxes and then spend like it was theirs for shit no one wants.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851056198631557096.post-87665417888629776182013-10-31T04:21:50.428-04:002013-10-31T04:21:50.428-04:00Grace I am no history scholar but it seems to me w...Grace I am no history scholar but it seems to me with rare of any exceptions all wars are not fought for ideology but rather for the wealth of an enemy, they have it and I am going to take it. Sooner or later i will have no other way to acquire my cocaine so i will kill a dealer to get it. Same goes for Saffron or cinnamon, tin and lead. the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851056198631557096.post-35583469695351720812013-10-31T04:18:45.149-04:002013-10-31T04:18:45.149-04:00I think even for the very wealthy even them who ha...I think even for the very wealthy even them who have inherited wealth Brian they have known harsh times. It seems as if only them who can view this reality as a stoping off point and not an end are those that the harshness isn't so bad.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851056198631557096.post-89501871181110643572013-10-30T23:17:12.418-04:002013-10-30T23:17:12.418-04:00To "unknown" commentator:
Ha ha ha ha!To "unknown" commentator:<br /><br />Ha ha ha ha!ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05662075375182633162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851056198631557096.post-27950765756850966562013-10-29T21:53:20.887-04:002013-10-29T21:53:20.887-04:00oh mark. i once knew a two year old who was old en...oh mark. i once knew a two year old who was old enough (by necessity) to hold up his drugged Mother. one of the saddest sights i still carry<br /><br />a very good poem, mark. raw and real and relevant<br /><br />love<br />kjkjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851056198631557096.post-83289386653650599412013-10-29T21:44:45.910-04:002013-10-29T21:44:45.910-04:00Dark and powerful, Walking ManDark and powerful, Walking Mansagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851056198631557096.post-9994396483811809702013-10-29T16:43:17.217-04:002013-10-29T16:43:17.217-04:00Patina of history!
AlohaPatina of history!<br /><br /><br /><br />AlohaCloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851056198631557096.post-44791388075100766212013-10-29T16:14:41.532-04:002013-10-29T16:14:41.532-04:00Yak Milk Wine
Yak Milk Wine<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662028135525064548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851056198631557096.post-23127685219944038132013-10-29T14:02:07.648-04:002013-10-29T14:02:07.648-04:00Extremely evocative, Mark.
Definitely jogs memorie...Extremely evocative, Mark.<br />Definitely jogs memories of our own childhood and the dangers of that time (The Second World War, for me).<br />But after it all, I turned humourist. What the hell.<br /><br />(This is surely a historical inaccuracy, but did Marco Polo get stoned with ole Kublai Khan in old Xanadu)?ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05662075375182633162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851056198631557096.post-59709325912469300602013-10-29T11:41:45.072-04:002013-10-29T11:41:45.072-04:00Glad I didn't have that kind of childhood. The...Glad I didn't have that kind of childhood. The troubling began much later.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851056198631557096.post-30907027100374687222013-10-29T10:59:43.084-04:002013-10-29T10:59:43.084-04:00This line will stick with me: we have learned to ...This line will stick with me: we have learned to make war <br />over trade goods of metals and spices. <br /><br />How sad what we have become ~Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851056198631557096.post-17011982431655639312013-10-29T08:09:30.940-04:002013-10-29T08:09:30.940-04:00shivers....kids learning the trade....learning the...shivers....kids learning the trade....learning the trade offs of life...how to stay alive...and how to turn a dollar to afford to live...harsh reality we live in at times...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.com