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    Coo Coo
   for  Loco          Bluffs

      an examination of sane washing : the act of packaging radical & outrageous statements in a              way that makes them seem normal.

Travels to the Himalayas:
Arrive in India :Day One

the first 10 surprising hours

part one - a Himalayan travel series

Matt's Musings

poetry & photography By Matt Turley

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The Stars Are Bleeding

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The houses line the street

That parallels the creek

Brick and stone and wood

Within folks go about

Their lives, though some without

Family or food

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An arch stands in a field

Beneath its partial shield

A worn flag suspends

Like countless ribbons sits

The yellow grass in this

Park for veterans

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Three sacred colors shine

With setting sun behind

Patriotic show

The stars appear to bleed

From solar red, and feed

Faded stripes below

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Throughout this struggling town

Dead soldiers can be found

On signs that adorn

Street lights with their faces

So no one erases

Loved ones who are mourned

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Who sent them off to die?

And maybe tell us why

Things here haven’t changed

Of others, we are scared

The only things we share

Are sadness and pain

  -  September 2024

NewSong.by Joe Strell 
writer producer vocalist composer& plays all                    instruments


 

ECLIPSEJoe Strell
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ECLIPSE

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  • Here comes a man with the sun in his eyes

  • Been burned to the crisp

  • Been thrown to the side

  • Here comes a man with the sun in his eyes

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  • Here comes a man with the sun in his eyes

  • Don't he know 

  • He don't know 

  • He don't know

  • No

  • He knows 

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  • Here comes a man

  • ​

  • Here comes a man 

  • Who don't have a plan

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  • Here comes a man with the sun in his eyes

  • Don't he know 

  • He don't know 

  • He don't know

  • No

  • He knows 

  • He don't know

  • He don't know 

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don't he know?
 he don't know?
I don't know !

atmosphere alteration assistors

two musical pieces guaranteed to change one's mood instantly upon listening to.....                     ...found on YouTube

JOHN  LEGEND
 "Feeling Good"   performs at         the Biden-Harris inauguration 2021
 3:09 minutes of immediate state of mind transformational lifting upwards

here's a segment :

Dragonfly out in the sun, you know what I mean, don't you know

Butterflies all havin' fun, you know what I mean

Sleep in peace when day is done, that's what I mean

And this old world is a new world

And a bold world

For me

For me

Stars when you shine

You know how I feel

Scent of the pine

You know how I feel

Oh, freedom is mine

And I know how I feel

It's a new dawn

It's a new day

It's a new life

It's a new dawn   - by Michael Buble'

DONAVAN sings
"HurdyGurdy Man"

here's a segment :
Thrown like a star in my vast sleep

I opened my eyes to take a peek

To find that I was by the sea

Gazing with tranquility

'Twas then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man

Came singing songs of love

Then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man

Came singing songs of love

Histories of ages past

Unenlightened shadows cast

Down through all eternity

The crying of humanity

'Tis then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man

Comes singing songs of love

Then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man

Comes singing songs of love   - by Donavan

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