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     “Oz never did give nothin’ to the Tin Man that he didn’t already have.”      Such a pretty song by the band that named itself America. And that one line from the song –so profound a statement of reality.      All alone in a foreboding forest, his metallic joints rusted by the rain and locked stiff, theContinue reading “The Magic Trick”

                                                                                 “Don’t make me send the flying monkeys,” she said. But it was a sarcasm. SendContinue reading “Witch”

                                                                                                                                                 “Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone.”      If you know the song, then you know no more poignant musical expression of emotion exists. (If you don’t know the song and have never been gripped by it, MusicLove sez do yourself a favor by listening to the artistry of Mr. Bill Withers.)      Ain’t.      This moving, powerfulContinue reading “Ain’t”

      Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto led the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Whether he actually wrote or said the following, which sometimes is attributed to him, is of little consequence. He certainly should have said it. “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”Continue reading “Wake the Giant”

       Now, this was in the way back. Long time gone by it is since he fell down on his beggin’ knees.      Down there in that dirt he could smell his own fear as it oozed out his body like a vapor from a swamp. He clamped hand to face vainly trying to protect himself fromContinue reading “Monster”