On Jun 25, 1:28=A0pm, Dale Houstman wrote:
> Will Dockery wrote:
>> On Jun 24, 6:29 pm, Leisha wrote:
>>> Alex wrote:
>
> =A0>>> Science Fiction Woman
> =A0>>
> =A0>>>> She was my science fiction woman, I was her science fiction
> =A0>>>> man, Yet our love was no fiction In our science fiction land.
> =A0>>>
> =A0>>>> I wore my science fiction spacesuit, She wore a spacesuit just
> =A0>>>> like mine, While we were floating together In our science
> =A0>>>> fiction minds.
> =A0>>>
> =A0>>>> She said her name was Taylor Trippy-- A flower child light
> =A0>>>> years beyond-- She was a science fiction hippy-- A spacey and
> =A0>>>> vivacious blonde.
> =A0>>>
> =A0>>>> She told me of our global warming, Greenhouse gases, acid rain,
> =A0>>>> =A0She told me everything I know About the structure of the
> =A0>>>> brain.
> =A0>>>
> =A0>>>> So we cruised through constellations In our science fiction
> =A0>>>> ****p, Transcending time and generations-- Forever free, forever
> =A0>>>> hip.
> =A0>>>
> =A0>>>> She came from some unknown planet In some uncharted galaxy, And
> =A0>>>> we were both kindred souls In our cosmic fantasy.
> =A0>>>
> =A0>>>> And I don't know how I knew her Or how we came to meet that
> =A0>>>> night-- She was my science fiction woman, Who traveled at the
> =A0>>>> speed of light.
> =A0>>>
> =A0>>>> At night I look upon the ocean, The distant stars where she
> =A0>>>> might be-- She was my science fiction woman, Who set my heart
> =A0>>>> forever free.
> =A0>>>
> =A0>>>> June 17, 2008 --Alexander Shaumyan
> =A0>>>
> =A0>>>>http://www.shaumyan.com
> =A0>>>
> =A0>>> Great stuff, Alex... by far one of the better poems posted here
> =A0>>> recently... puts me in mind of a Donovan song from his Sun****ne
> =A0>>> Superman heyday.
> =A0>>
> =A0>>> --http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Will_Dockery
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> =A0>> Puts me more in the mind of The Eleven Million Mile High Dancer by
> =A0>> Carol Hill, but needs serious help with the meter.
> =A0>>
> =A0>> Leisha-
> =A0>
> =A0>
> =A0> I haven't read her, but I'll look her up... when I mentioned the
> =A0> resemblance to Donovan, I was thinking of the almost intentionally
> =A0> naive, ''comic book'' frame of mind certain acid trips induce...
XTC
> =A0> did a lot of great things with this ''genre'' in pretty much
> =A0> everything they did, with quite a few ''science fiction girls''
> =A0> popping up in these songs, such as -
> =A0>
> =A0>http://www.poemhunter.com/song/that-s-really-super-supergirl/
> =A0>
> =A0> That's Really Super, Supergirl
> =A0>
> =A0> I can=92t hold you down If you want to fly Can=92t you see I=92m
all=
broke
> =A0> up inside Well just you use your two x ray eyes
> =A0>
> =A0> Hurt like kryptonite Put me on my knees Now that I=92ve found out
ju=
st
> =A0> what you=92re doing With your secret identities
> =A0>
> =A0> That=92s really super supergirl How you saved yourself in seconds
fl=
at
> =A0> And your friends are going to say That=92s really super supergirl
Ho=
w
> =A0> you=92re changing all the world=92s weather But you couldn=92t put
u=
s back
> =A0> together Now I feel like I=92m tethered deep Inside your fortress
of
> =A0> solitude Don=92t mean to be rude But I don=92t feel super Supergirl
> =A0>
> =A0> I won=92t call again Even in a jam Now I realise you could be on a
> =A0> mission Saving some other man
> =A0>
> =A0> That=92s really super supergirl How you saved yourself in seconds
fl=
at
> =A0> And your friends are going to say That=92s really super supergirl
Ho=
w
> =A0> you stopped the universe from dying But you=92re never going to
stop=
me
> =A0> crying And I feel like you=92re trying hard To sweep me like dirt
> =A0> underneath your cape Well I might be an ape But I used to feel
super
> =A0> Supergirl
> =A0>
> =A0> That=92s really super supergirl How you saved yourself in seconds
fl=
at
> =A0> And your friends are going to say That=92s really super supergirl
Ho=
w
> =A0> you=92re changing the world=92s weather But you couldn=92t put us
ba=
ck
> =A0> together Super supergirl How you stopped the universe from dying
But
> =A0> you=92re never going to stop me crying Super supergirl I=92m here
in=
your
> =A0> fortress of solitude Don=92t mean to be rude But I don=92t feel
supe=
r
> =A0>
> =A0> -Andy Partridge
> =A0>
> If you are incapable of seeing the difference in quality
Sure I can see the /difference/, but I also see the similarity, which
does
exist, whether intentional or not.
--
http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Will_Dockery
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