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In certain arenas it doesn't

wabby — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 17:41:48 +0000

In reply to It reminded me of a scrawny

In certain arenas it doesn't take much to go from one to the other.

It reminded me of a scrawny

Oxy Mora — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 16:24:53 +0000

It reminded me of a scrawny kid in my neighborhood whom I later encountered when I worked a summer steel mill job to pay college expenses. He told me stories that were hard to believe and I later read where he was killed in a gang fight. From tall skinny redhead to killer material.

Thanks, Ramona.

wabby — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 15:29:33 +0000

In reply to Beautiful writing, Flower.

Thanks, Ramona.

I think everybody has a little bit of a dark side to them. I guess it's who you show it to that speaks for you.

Thanks, Oxy.

wabby — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 15:20:26 +0000

In reply to Well done, Flower. I was

Thanks, Oxy.

You know, I don't believe my

wabby — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 15:19:54 +0000

In reply to You don't think the original

You know, I don't believe my Marine was a bad man. One reason I know this is because he stayed away from his two kids all those years ago. He loved those little girls to pieces, so the story is told, and for him to forsake seeing them in order to keep them from being caught up in his own turmoil says a lot.

And, who's to say he didn't sneak a visit to see them occasionally? Hopefully not in a funeral parlor.

Bold Weavers?

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 15:12:33 +0000

In reply to Some of the people that have

Bold Weavers?

Some of the people that have

wabby — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 15:07:17 +0000

In reply to What a lovely story. I do

Some of the people that have woven themselves into your life stand out more than others, don't they?

Beautiful writing, Flower.

Ramona — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 14:33:24 +0000

In reply to Wabby's Marine

Beautiful writing, Flower. Zorro had his dark side, too, but children need their heroes and the fact that he wrote so many letters to his little "Wabby" shows a human, loving side. Wars are terrible soul-crushers. We're living among millions of victims whose wounds show up in incomprehensible actions and not outwardly, on bodies. They're every bit as broken.

Well done, Flower. I was

Oxy Mora — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 12:54:16 +0000

In reply to Wabby's Marine

Well done, Flower. I was intrigued reading it and it prompted me to think about such characters in my life.

You don't think the original

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 10:01:28 +0000

In reply to Wabby's Marine

You don't think the original modeled-after Zorro was a good man, do you? We build our superheroes out of broken crayons and crabapples and the dregs that society gives us. Your Zorro was a man of mystery, larger than life until you got bigger, then you realized life ain't so big. Still, a sense of magic to carry with you - when would that Dark Knight appear next? Maybe he was a Dark Knight for others too - anyone who'd show up for a funeral after all those years doesn't sound all bad.