"Can't remember her Name?!"

Rick! not only were you a good musician, warm, kind and generous! you were one helluva snappy dresser!                            

A small token of my appreciation for reminding me that " It Don't mean a Thing if it ain't got that Swing !!!

Back in the You Grey Grey Kay!

A friend of mine

who's name just happens to be

Hue Gray

Said to me 

one 

Glorious sunny day

In a place far away!

"Why are you going back

To the U.K.?!

With it's grey

Mood

 Its grey ways

Its grey

Attitude

And its endless grey

days!

Have you lost you reason?

Have you lost your way?!!

Pray tell me

What insane motivation

draws you back to the You Grey Grey Kay!

After 38 years away?!!

"Er! ....Um!....What can I say?

It's Love that draws me back that way!!

I'm tired of lonely nights

And empty days!

Forever inventing tasks to do

and 

Things to say!

When love comes your way 

 grab it

before it flies away!!"

"Good God man !"

my friend exclaimed

In a most dramatic way

"Have you looked in a mirror recently?

You are old and grey!

And let me tell you 

What may have worked yesterday

ain't going to work today!"

Wink! wink!

Nod! nod!

As if to say

That my sense's

had left me for

a permanent holiday!!

Shaking his head , turning away

with a sigh of pity

as if to say

"Get a Life ....don't throw this one away!!"

Instead

he offered

"Their must be another way?

Maybe it's time

To kneel and pray?"

and then he said

in an appealing way

"Look mate let's give this love stuff talk

away!

'Cos otherwise

 We will be spinning

in ever increasing circles

For the rest of the day!!"

My 1st winter in the UK 2010 nr lake Vrynwy ....searching for fire wood......tea with Carole at Llangollan

Reply to Shuagn McEvoy's posting of the Avengers Lyric on Facebook

"@ Stu, these are lyrics...We are the Leaders of tomorrow
We are the ones to have more fun
We want control , We want the power
Not gonna stop until its comes

We are not Jesus (Christ)
We are not Fascists (Pigs)
We are not Capitalists (Industrialists)
We are not Communists
We are the One

We will build a better tomorrow
The youth of today will be our tool
America's Children made for survival
Fate is our destiny and we shall rule

We are not Jesus (Christ)
We are not Fascists (Pigs)
We are not Capitalists (Industrialists)
We are not Communists
We are the One
We are the One
We are the One
We are the One

I am the one who brings you the future
I am the one who buries the past
A new species rise up from the ruin
I am the one that was made to last

We are not Jesus (Christ)
We are not Fascists (Pigs)
We are not Capitalists (Industrialists)
We are not Communists
We are the One
We are the One
We are the One
We are the One"

This is stretching it somewhat ... but ...well .... I've fallen for the bait!!...It was probably better to remain ignorant of what the "Avengers" were trying to express!!.....

....For starters it doesn't sound like they were having much fun!! all that hysterical screaming and distortion!! ...Then there's the lyrics!! what a mix up! .......power! ...... control !......using the youth as a "tool" .........pretty much what every religious fundamentalist !.....right wing republican! .... fascist!.....industrialist !... has been saying ......well..... forever!!!

 Then there's the line..... "America's children are made for survival!!" ....what planet do the youth of America live on ? La ! La! World no doubt.!...

 Try being a kid in Afghanistan !...Palestine! ...90%of Africa!...no excess there for the kids to whine about!!...

...Followed by "fate is our destiny ( what a nonsense phrase that is? !!) and we shall rule!!" ........holly moley!! that just smacks of colonialism!!!.......

Not sure I want their future or ...indeed to bury the lessons of the past...

.Finally ...although I'm in my 65th year I like the way I look ....don't want to be a 2 headed bald freak with a bone thru my nose and extra body parts pierced by symbols of insignificance ..... I refer to the phrase " A new species rise up from the ruin!"......

In conclusion ... if this is the best the west and so called civilization has to offer ...well ....er .... we are going to need more than  ....er ... the "Avengers" ....to get us back on track ! ... How about embracing ones neighbour? .....sharing what we have? !.....expressing compassion? ! .......getting out there and "doing" as opposed to getting it all laid on!.....

 Perhaps one should fire up that bong
 when the battle of each day is done?! ....
.Instead of starting the day.......
In a cloud
of illusion!
With only meaningless words
To say !!

I much prefer Mohamed Ali's most beautiful and profound poem ...and probably the shortest one ever written

Me
We!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!

Oh where! oh where has my beautiful machine gone

                         Unlike the last few cars

                          I've had

                         It never went wrong!

                         Would sit on the highway

                          effortlessly

                           At 105!

                         And one didn't need a pinch!

                          To know

                             One was alive!

                           And every so often 

                            One would hit the road 

                            with ones mates!

                              Ducati! Yamaha! Triumph!

                               Oh what an heavenly roar!

                                As we wound down the mountain

                             Defying  death and the law!

                               Flashing past trendy executives

                              On Harley's in breach position

                              Leaning left !

                           Then right!

                         blissful

                              Nano second decision!

                          Only the moment is real!

                            We are

                            Indeed!

                            What we feel!!