Peter Driskell

The Silver Spear

Peter — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:43:39 +0000

Meet me soon, before the moon
For I am leaving one night soon
Remember when, I had no fear
And caught I, the silver spear.

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Your Eyes

Peter — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:22:39 +0000

I LONG TO LOOK AGAIN, INTO YOUR EYES
FOR THERE IS WHERE, I LOST MY DISGUISE
OH YOUR EYES, YOUR LOVELY EYES

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Mark Twain

Peter — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:31:40 +0000

Samuel Langhorne Clemens was borne November 30, 1835 and died April 21, 1910. He was an author and humorist, more humorist he would tell you. When he was twenty one he took a steamboat down the Mississippi River to New Orleans that would change his life forever. The captain encourages Samuel Clemens to pursue a career as a steamboat captain, a profession that paid $240.00 per month or the equivalent of a $155,000.00 a year job today!

Samuel learned why the pay was so good, when his brother Henry, whom Samuel had convinced to join him, was killed when The Pennsylvania blew up. Samuel had a detailed dream of his brother’s death a month before it occurred. Samuel Langhorne Clemens would be tormented by guilt for the rest of his life. The dream and Henry’s death lead him to investigate parapsychology. He became an early member in the Society for Psychical Research.

Samuel Clemens took something other than guilt with him from the tragedy on the Mississippi River, a new name. The term “mark twain”, was a measure of water depth in fathoms, or the length of outstretched arms. A fathom is standardized at six feet. Mark refers to fathoms and Twain refers to two. So Samuel Clemens name became, “two fathoms” or the depth required to bury two bodies.

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The Enemy With In

Peter — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:27:14 +0000

Predictions are that for the first time in history parents may have to raise their kids from cradle to grave.

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Two Moons Ago

Peter — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:26:25 +0000

The sky is filled with puffs off white
They fight the wind with all their might
One is taller than all the rest
Determined to do its best

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A Visit to a United States Citizen

Peter — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:25:29 +0000

“Are you illiterate?”

“I beg your pardon! Of course, I am literate. I have two degrees!”

“Was the written word not available to you? Were my words and those of my compatriots no longer penned to paper? Was there no ink for the quill?”

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DOGS AT BAY

Peter — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:23:21 +0000

The dogs at bay have not feasted upon me yet

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A Salty Piece Of Land

Peter — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:01:30 +0000

Bounty hunters, not to mention the police, are looking for Tully who has fled with his horse, Mister Twain.

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