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quarter-step (abridged)

Member since 2002 · Posted 21 Aug 2003 · Edited 21 Aug 2003 · 16 comments

the missing quarter-step makes the waltz. what want would make it a march? Just us.

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[8] DreamerSupreme 21-Aug-03/5:24 AM Reply
what want ?? er.. perhaps a typo?..

over all the poems vague, it doesnt make much sense to me. I think you need to cook this slightly longer. I'll give my vote later.
[n/a] richa › DreamerSupreme 21-Aug-03/5:32 AM Reply
what want refers to what would motivate anyone to want to change a waltz to a march. Kind of old fashioned phraseology.

the answer being a selfish want. Rock garden and resevoir are man made, nature harnessed for mans selfish needs.

That is why the wind slant on the rocks is out of kilter.

In their natural environment the rocks slant would be consistent and indicate where the weathering (like eroding) elements came from.

Hope this makes it easier to understand.
[8] DreamerSupreme › richa 21-Aug-03/5:36 AM Reply
ah.. ok, now i understand better.

Should consider ironing out the wrinkles though, or seeing how you could get your message across in a more clear fashion, but thats up to you.

Blessed with 8.
[n/a] <~> › richa 21-Aug-03/6:52 AM Reply
where is the correlation between the 1/4 step and the earthwork?
more than selfishness, here. personal taste in music, aesthetism, and utility explain these creations. and the question asked here, rhetorically, is will you dine with me.

i misunderstand how any of these things can be selfish, richard.

unless you mean to say that we have no right to shape anything.

we are animals richard; survival and prosperity are different than self-gratification.

please explain what you meant, again. i'm feeling particularly dense this morning.
[8] DreamerSupreme › <~> 21-Aug-03/7:02 AM Reply
just say the truth: you like calling poets out. ;P
[n/a] <~> › DreamerSupreme 21-Aug-03/7:16 AM Reply
i am selfishly voracious when it comes to words.

and i know what it feels like to think i am being clear in my writing, only to see, later, that i was too far inside the idea to communicate it effectively.


i just like calling YOU out, dreamer.
[8] DreamerSupreme › <~> 21-Aug-03/7:34 AM Reply
well damn, cmon now, was my latest piece a lazy fart?.. ;/
[n/a] richa › <~> 21-Aug-03/9:49 AM Reply
I see socratic teaching from the wise one.

I'll bite: it was just a defence of something for somethings sake. Kind of like part of a finished plan (every hair is numbered etc).

beautiful is not useful, that kind of thing
[n/a] <~> › richa 21-Aug-03/12:20 PM Reply
okay, this is much better now.

but can you give me a hint as to why you would prefer a march to a waltz?? perhaps, in the title? is it a parting of way?
[n/a] richa › <~> 24-Aug-03/3:32 AM Reply
never said I preferred a waltz to a march.
The first line is saying waltz is a march missing something.
And therefore must be fixed.

the poem is about skewed logic of us, our vision of the world.
[n/a] <~> › richa 24-Aug-03/7:33 PM Reply
i know you prefer a march. but, why???

[10] horus8 21-Aug-03/11:59 AM Reply
You are old, but hey, I'd fuck you.
[n/a] richa › horus8 21-Aug-03/12:13 PM Reply
I am a few years younger than you my friend
[10] horus8 › richa 21-Aug-03/1:01 PM Reply
All the better reason to fuck.
[9] INTRANSIT 23-Aug-03/7:42 AM Reply
This edges something of a marriage, to me. I would say: Just (ours).
[9] INTRANSIT 23-Aug-03/7:42 AM Reply
This edges something of a marriage, to me. I would say: Just (ours).