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Tuesday, December 28, 2021

The Blue Vineyard Of Voo Shining Stone: Ratboy and Catboy Do "Sweet Home Chicago"

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Tuesday, December 21, 2021

The Blue Vineyard Of Voo Shining Stone: THE ONLY ONE FOR ME

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Happy Holidays From The Voo





SOME OF US



SOME OF US ARE TIRED
AND SOME OF US ARE OLD
SOME OF US ARE HEATED
AND SOME OF US ARE COLD

SOME OF US ARE DOWN AND OUT
AND SOME OF US ARE HIGH
SOME OF US WILL LIVE FOREVER
AND SOME OF US WILL DIE

SOME OF US ARE LONELY
AND SOME OF US ARE GLAD
SOME OF US ARE HAPPY CHILDREN
AND SOME OF US ARE MAD

SOME OF US ARE MARRIED
AND SOME OF US, ALONE
SOME OF US LIVE IN FINE HOUSES
AND SOME, WE HAVE NO HOME

SOME OF US ARE BUSY BEES
AND SOME OF US LOVE SLEEP
SOME OF US ARE SHALLOW PONDS
AND SOME OF US ARE DEEP

SOME OF US ARE MIGHTY MEN
AND SOME OF US ARE WIMPS
SOME OF US GIVE ALL WE'VE GOT
AND SOME OF US JUST SKIMP

SOME OF US GO HUNGRY
AND SOME, WE EAT TOO MUCH
SOME OF US TOUCH EVERYONE
AND SOME CRAVE NO ONE'S TOUCH

SOME OF US ARE PASSIONATE
AND SOME OF US ARE MEEK
SOME OF US ARE BOLD AS LIONS
AND SOME OF US ARE WEAK

SOME OF US ARE RICH IN GOLD
AND SOME OF US ARE POOR
SOME OF US ARE WELCOMED IN
AND SOME ARE SHOWN THE DOOR

SOME OF US ARE CELEBRITIES
AND SOME OF US SHUN FAME
SOME OF US ARE NEVER KNOWN
AND SOME ARE KNOWN BY NAME

SOME OF US ARE WRETCHED, WICKED
AND SOME OF US ARE KIND
SOME OF US ARE KNOWN FOR BODY
AND SOME OF US FOR MIND

SOME OF US ARE BLACK AND WHITE
AND SOME, YELLOW AND BROWN
SOME OF US FIT IN SQUARE PEGS
AND SOME OF US IN ROUND

SOME OF US LOVE JESUS
AND SOME OF US DON'T CARE
SOME OF US SEE HIS LIGHT SHINING
AND FOR SOME, THERE'S NOTHING THERE

SOME OF US ARE EVIL
AND SOME OF US ARE GOOD
SOME OF US HOARD ALL WE GET
AND SOME SHARE ALL OUR FOOD

SOME OF US WILL LOSE OUR WAY
AND SOME WILL FIND THE TRUTH
SOME OF US WILL BE BORN OLD
AND SOME WILL CONTINUE IN YOUTH

SOME OF US WILL REAP IN JOY
AND SOME WILL SOW IN TEARS
SOME OF US WILL HEROES BE
AND SOME WILL RUN FROM FEARS

SOME OF US WILL KNOW TRUE GLORY
AND SOME WILL THROW IT AWAY
SOME OF US WILL BE USHERED IN
AND SOME OF US WILL BE TURNED AWAY

SOME OF US OF THE RACE OF MEN
WILL LIVE OUR LIVES FOR GAIN
AND SOME OF US WILL SUFFER LACK
AND LIVE OUR LIVES IN PAIN

BUT ALL OF US ON PLANET EARTH
FROM ANCIENT DAYS TILL THEN
FROM BIRTH TO DEATH AND ALL BETWEEN
HAVE KNOWN THE TOUCH OF SIN

AND ALL OF US, FEMALE AND MALE
AND YOUNG AND OLD, ALIKE
AND JEW AND GREEK AND SLAVE AND FREE
AND SKIN OF BLACK AND WHITE

AND RICH AND POOR
AND COLD AND HOT
AND TIRED AND TOUGH AND HARD
WE, ALL OF US, THE MEEK AND MIGHTY

WE'RE ALL LOVED BY THE LORD.



©VOO

March 25, 2002 
Midnight




Dance With Somebody



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Saturday, December 18, 2021

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Friday, December 17, 2021

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 Please leave some nice, funny comments to cheer Voo up! She's having a rough time right now. Thank you 💔💖💙




Thursday, December 16, 2021

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Nothing Left Standing But Vampires repost

 



Nothing Left Standing But Vampires



I walk down the boulevard in old New Orleans
In my designer black high heels and my little black dress
Tripping on cobblestones and grabbing for lamp posts
That are no longer there
Looking for houses and landmarks and history
That have stood for ages against wind and rain and fire
But they are no more
They are memories washed out to sea..........

I stand underneath a tree that has survived
And I marvel at it's tenacity; I caress the limbs and
Branches with their pitiful leaves reaching out to me
With human like gestures and I hear them whispering
In pleading voice "Why?"
And I shrug and hang my head and cold tears run down
My face and fall upon the broken ground...........

My birth place is a junkyard now
Not a trace left of the wide verandas and hanging ferns
White wicker furniture and fountains sparkling in the sun
Just pieces of glass lying there reflecting my sorrowed face
In a pool of water not fit to touch the earth
I walk in silence down streets that don't exist
Through gardens that have no fruit or flower
In this shattered city that has drowned in jazz and
A hurricane's embrace................

Ghost ships pull into the port and disappear in mists of smoke
And fog, dispensing cargoes to the ghosts who run to catch them
And then, they too, disappear, their voices crying out and
Trailing off in winding wails of woe and homelessness
The golden sun falls now into fiery red and still I walk
And still I look and search for remnants of the home I cherished
And the parish I played in and the city I loved................

It's so silent now I can hear my heart beating in my breast
My tears have dried and have emptied their reservoir
I can cry no more
Darkness comes and covers me in it's blanket of warm, black ink
I put my arms around me and hug myself in desperation
A comfortless gesture, and as my eyes adjust, I walk on as the moon
Comes up shining over the scattered landscape
A breath of wind blows softly behind me and touches me with friendly
Hands and I sigh in gratitude and turn.................

And as I turn, I catch the outline of a form in black standing there
Among the shadows
On the remnant of a balcony with it's white hand upon the rail
For a moment the figure doesn't move, it's head bowed in silent
Sorrow and it's tears glittering in the moonlight
Then he raises his sad face towards me and our eyes meet 
In the still pale light and in sweetness 
Only two grieving hearts can share...............

He nods and moves so I can see the useless dagger 
He holds to his own throat in voiceless agony 
But he cannot die, he can never die, not even of grief 
And I nod and raise my hand in greeting and he returns in kind
For long agonizing seconds we stand there still as death, longing to
Run to hold one another but do not move and do not move
And do not move, our feet frozen in icy grip of traumatized despair...........

And then, with one last long look, I turn to go and leave the figure
Standing there in his crumbling mansion watching me as my high heels
Click on pavement, rock and shards of glass
As the sun comes up, I find my destination 
And slip in between the twisted gated fence 
And search the rows of granite that are standing
Some are not and some are gone but one stands there resolutely
Against the sky, it's angels flying merrily in gray relief 
And it's resident's name carved there for all to see and wonder at..........

I run my fingers over the angels' faces 
And press a kiss into my hand and blow it into the wind
Then looking forlornly at my broken city washed clean and desolate
In the morning, I slip into the grave to sleep
Not resting, never resting now but tossing back and forth
In bitter search of peace..........

I slip off my high heeled shoes 
And see that my feet are cut and bruised and bleeding 
And I smile
Feeling somehow, alive
The only thing living in New Orleans.


©by Voo
September 5, 2005
2 p.m.

 My Vampire Heart by Tom McRae




Voo and Mark the vampire
thanks, Mark, man of 1000 faces



REPOSTED in memory of Anne Rice who was met by the author of this poem several years ago
and whose all time Favorite novel is Rice's FEAST OF ALL SAINTS....a masterpiece. R.I.P!!!





Thursday, December 9, 2021

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Wednesday, December 8, 2021

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Sunday, December 5, 2021

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Wednesday, November 3, 2021

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Tuesday, November 2, 2021

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Sunday, October 31, 2021

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Dancing To A Slow Death repost






wolf howl


Incredible song that they are dancing to.....
In Line by Robert Skoros



Dancing To a Slow Death


Darkness falls
And with it........
The hunger
The longing for a soft caress,
A tender touch, a hard embrace,
Building to a violent need
And release of what’s inside.

You watch me
From the shadows.........
Breathing
Still as wind that does not blow
And rain that does not fall
Waiting like a cat with prey
Playing with it’s dinner.

And I, with my defenses down
On full alert.......
Dance in the mirror
In candle’s glow
And summer’s rising heat
Pretending I am quite alone
But knowing you are there.

In silks, I twirl
My body......
Like a breeze
Move my hands in beckoning
And my feet in silent pleas
The music swells and I can feel
Your dark eyes touch my skin.

Beyond the room
In midnight’s garden.....
Behind the trees and shining moon,
Your black hair laying 
Upon your shoulders,
Your black eyes glowing,
And tasting me.

I turn at your whisper
And there you are.....
In the doorway like a dream that comes
Before the break of dawn
Clad in black from head to toe
With white touches at your throat
And the sight of you makes me weak.

“Don’t fall yet.” you say
And catch me..........
In arms of steel
“The night is young and so are you,
And the sun is fast asleep.”
And you hold me till I catch my breath
Then you take it away again.

Wetting my mouth with wine
I drink............
Knowing that wine can’t satisfy
The thirst I have, have always had
Since I laid my eyes on you,
Since I put my hands on you,
Since I gave myself to you.

The music commands
And we obey.........
My arms round your shoulders
Your arms round my waist
The room awash in shades of gold,
Like the flickering fire
That’s building between us.

I know you will leave me
Before the sun rises........ 
As you always have
And you always will
But for now, in your eyes
Is all I’ll ever need, is all I’ll ever want
And the sunlight be damned.

Midnight passes
And we stand still as stone.......
Drown in the yearning, die in desire
Lifting my face, I wait for your kiss
Burning with hunger that can never be quenched
The shadows of night put their soft arms around us
And to the music of passion, we slow dance again.




©By Voo
Sept 15, 10
12:32 a.m.