forgotten lousiana

Falstaff · Apr 4, 2004, 12:58 AM

free_refil · Apr 4, 2004, 01:20 AM

HEY!!!! I'm from Louisiana!!!

GutterPunk · Apr 4, 2004, 06:39 AM

reminds me of home

Falstaff · Apr 4, 2004, 06:58 AM

lots of wet wide and flat open fields here, covered in Timothy and fire ant hills, and the splash of dandelions, occasionally there are old farms and tin buildings, choked with vines and rusted and oxidized remnants of promises unfulfilled, and submerged roads, levees and tall reeds. the only visitors are the blue and white herons and the sentinel gaze of the raccoon and marsh deer...as the sun travels across the sky, you hear frogs and buzzing insects, and smell the rotting vegitation, and imagine what it must have been like. in the shallow rut of a red clay dirt road, an old red enameled tricycle lies on its side, and the warm breeze turns the tall grass and makes it shine in the sunlight. A nest clogs the open mouth of a tin mailbox, and no one travels down the path to the porch where the house once stood, yellowed pop bottles lined up on a wooden bench shine like gems, half filled with water, left there perhaps before the Vietnam war, the family long gone now, waited for a son that would never return from a foreign shore. Here it all lies, returning to the soft wet soil, sinking into the green ocean of marsh it was built on, till a spring storm finally blows it all down, and the vines finally flatten all that remains of what had been.....in Louisiana

free_refil · Apr 4, 2004, 04:07 PM

Wow, wish I could describe home like that. All I can say is, SWAMP MUD STINKS!!!!!

Falstaff · Apr 4, 2004, 07:02 PM

just got to imagine it man...as if your telling someone that is sitting next to you on a plane...

GutterPunk · Apr 4, 2004, 09:07 PM

very cool description put a few posts up jeff good w/ your eye good with words

Apr 4, 2004, 12:58 AM	#1
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	forgotten lousiana __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Apr 4, 2004, 01:20 AM	#2
free_refil DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Stationed in Bahrain (Middle East) Posts: 100 Rep Power: 0	HEY!!!! I'm from Louisiana!!! __________________ P4 2.8C 1:1 225MHz FSB Abit IC-7 Max 3 BIOS = F1, Strengthened, Auto x3 Geil GD @ 2/7/4/4 2.7v R9800 Pro 400/375 36.6 Raptors Raid 0 on ICH-5 CPU Cooling: SP-94 80mm Panaflo VGA Cooling: ZM-80C & ZM-OP1 Chipset Cooling: MCX-159

Apr 4, 2004, 06:39 AM	#3
GutterPunk I = Greatest Dood Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nebraska Posts: 5,949 Rep Power: 71	reminds me of home __________________ Rock On \m/ Thank you Mousey for the Sig! --------------- Intel Core2Duo E6660 (3.4GHZ) ~ Tuniq Tower 120 ~ Enermax Galaxy 1000W ~ Corsair Dominator @ 1090MHZ 5-5-5-15 (OCZ XTC Modded Cooler)~ EVGA 8800GTX W/ HR-03 Plus 120MM ~ Asus DVD-RW LiteScribe ~ LG DVD-RW ~ Corsair Voyager 2GB ReadyBoost Drive ~ Vantec Nexus Fan Controller ~ ThermalTake Armor 25CM fan ~ Personal Finance Blog: Dent Your Debt

Apr 4, 2004, 06:58 AM	Thread Starter #4
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	lots of wet wide and flat open fields here, covered in Timothy and fire ant hills, and the splash of dandelions, occasionally there are old farms and tin buildings, choked with vines and rusted and oxidized remnants of promises unfulfilled, and submerged roads, levees and tall reeds. the only visitors are the blue and white herons and the sentinel gaze of the raccoon and marsh deer...as the sun travels across the sky, you hear frogs and buzzing insects, and smell the rotting vegitation, and imagine what it must have been like. in the shallow rut of a red clay dirt road, an old red enameled tricycle lies on its side, and the warm breeze turns the tall grass and makes it shine in the sunlight. A nest clogs the open mouth of a tin mailbox, and no one travels down the path to the porch where the house once stood, yellowed pop bottles lined up on a wooden bench shine like gems, half filled with water, left there perhaps before the Vietnam war, the family long gone now, waited for a son that would never return from a foreign shore. Here it all lies, returning to the soft wet soil, sinking into the green ocean of marsh it was built on, till a spring storm finally blows it all down, and the vines finally flatten all that remains of what had been.....in Louisiana __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Apr 4, 2004, 04:07 PM	#5
free_refil DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Stationed in Bahrain (Middle East) Posts: 100 Rep Power: 0	Wow, wish I could describe home like that. All I can say is, SWAMP MUD STINKS!!!!! __________________ P4 2.8C 1:1 225MHz FSB Abit IC-7 Max 3 BIOS = F1, Strengthened, Auto x3 Geil GD @ 2/7/4/4 2.7v R9800 Pro 400/375 36.6 Raptors Raid 0 on ICH-5 CPU Cooling: SP-94 80mm Panaflo VGA Cooling: ZM-80C & ZM-OP1 Chipset Cooling: MCX-159

Apr 4, 2004, 07:02 PM	Thread Starter #6
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	just got to imagine it man...as if your telling someone that is sitting next to you on a plane... __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Apr 4, 2004, 09:07 PM	#7
GutterPunk I = Greatest Dood Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nebraska Posts: 5,949 Rep Power: 71	very cool description put a few posts up jeff good w/ your eye good with words __________________ Rock On \m/ Thank you Mousey for the Sig! --------------- Intel Core2Duo E6660 (3.4GHZ) ~ Tuniq Tower 120 ~ Enermax Galaxy 1000W ~ Corsair Dominator @ 1090MHZ 5-5-5-15 (OCZ XTC Modded Cooler)~ EVGA 8800GTX W/ HR-03 Plus 120MM ~ Asus DVD-RW LiteScribe ~ LG DVD-RW ~ Corsair Voyager 2GB ReadyBoost Drive ~ Vantec Nexus Fan Controller ~ ThermalTake Armor 25CM fan ~ Personal Finance Blog: Dent Your Debt