~The Dragon Flies Lair II~

bentfeather | poets

[snippy_about_it]

My Dragon Fly and Me

If I could be a Dragon Fly and wing my way through the sky I would never be shy just me and my Dragon Fly!

By moonlight we ride the wind chase the comets tail for fun by day we would hide from the sun our fragile wings would come undone

On darkest nights we would use fireflies as our guides we would dip and we would glide through the heavens open wide and scatter diamonds in the night sky my Dragon Fly and I...

And we would wing past our lovers silent in the night... to kiss their face in our flight much to their surprise and delight my Dragon Fly and me in sight...

Such a view do we share away up here in the air of breezes soft through our hair my Dragon Fly and me a pair...

bentfeather©

[Darksheare]

On Rte84 near me, if you aren't doing 73 (in a 65 zone) everyone is passing you, even little old 'blue hairs' that can barely see over the steering wheel of their Thunderbirds.
Heck, even the cops pass by with a disgusted look.
*chuckle*

[Soaring Feather]

I think since SAM was always behind me, he was probably pointing at me and winking. LOL. "Her, check her!!!"

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!
Dang that SAM!!

[radu]

Flying's something I refuse to do. I have a baaaaaaaad fear of heights. I'd have to be carried onto the plane unconcious and remain unconcious throughout the trip. No exaggeration. LOL!

[radu]

On Rte84 near me, if you aren't doing 73 (in a 65 zone) everyone is passing you,

hehehe...I'm not all that comfortable at 65 let alone faster. That's why I stay in the right lane. Hubby, on the other hand, likes to play "NASCAR driver" and scares the willies outta me.

.....even little old 'blue hairs' that can barely see over the steering wheel of their Thunderbirds.

I remember when they used to all drive BIG Buicks and had to look between the top of the steering wheel and the dash. LOL!

[Darksheare]

I've seen those Buicks!
What's really bad is when you're driving in a Humvee on the highway and having no idea how fast you're really going.
The speedometer in a humvee only goes to 55.

We were heading to the Kensico Dam Plaza near Valhalla New York (Irony?) and actually were keeping even with traffic.
While towing our howitzer for a static display.

A few minutes later, the driver looks left out his window and is surprised to see a state trooper car sitting there.
He asks us what he's supposed to do.
(We all shrugged an dtold him to find out what they want, they looked rather expectant.)
Mind you, the humvee is a rather loud vehicle to ride in, and you need to shout to be heard when it's at speed.
The trooper in teh passenger seat leans out his window and asks how we're doing.
Our driver says we're doing fine, and they're doing?
They say they couldn't be better, and ask us if we know how fast we're going.
Our driver looks at the speedometer, it's pegged, and he says "Not a clue!"
Trooper says, "You're doing 90, have a nice day!"
They sped up and left.
We slowed down and let traffic pass us.
We then had the sarge call 'home' and inform them that we could get one of those green beasts up to 90.
They didn't believe the sarge.
*chuckle*
We did make excellent time to our destination.

[radu]

Good grief! I had no idea those Humvees would go that fast. And while pulling a Howitzer, at that. LOL! Now why on earth do they only make the speedometer read up to 55 when it can go much faster? Makes no sense to me. It's actually dangerous.

That's wild that the State Trooper just pulled off like that and didn't stop you. Around here, they pull you over for going a couple of miles over the speed limit. I can vouch for that. LOL!

[Darksheare]

That's just it, they aren't supposed to be able to.
They're V-6 diesels.
Military vehicles are designed for a top speed of 55.
That, however, doesn't necessarily mean they can't go faster.
Some of our state troopers here in NY are also MP's in the National Guard.
Had at least one instance of oen of our soldiers running into an MP that he knew from being pulled over in civilian life when said MP was in his civilian role as state trooper.
*snort*
I suspect the trooper and his side seater had an idea that we were clueless about our speed.
The humvee we were using for that actually had rather good acceleration for a diesel.
Surprised more than a few drivers who were just getting used to driving one of those beasts.
You get inside it, and the first ting you notice is that the steering wheel is remarkable thin.
It's thinner than a civilian vehicle's steering wheel and is hard to get used to, especially since it's somewhat hard to hold onto at times.

[radu]

V-6 anything doing 90 surprises me. LOL! I want the "grunt" of 8 cylinders .... or more.

Sounds like maybe the trooper that pulled up beside y'all has maybe been in (or is in now) the National Guard himself, and knows about Humvees. hehe!

I'll be back in a bit. Supper time.

[Darksheare]

Well, I've gotten 4 cylinder engined vehicles to runa constant 80 on the Thruway. (I-87)
You have to go that fast, the little ol' ladies will run you down, and the troopers will run you off.

The humvee is a horrifically loud vehicle too.
But, being in artillery at the time, the humvee's noise was the least of our worries.
There's a sticker on the interior that states that hearing protection should be worn while operating the vehicle.
(Yeah, and not be able to hear someone honking at you..)

My personal feeling on it is that he knew we had no idea how fast we were going, and that he was pulling our legs.
I think 60 maybe 68 was our real speed.
But, you never know.
It was a V-6 afterall.
I'd have loved it if he had used his radar gun and let us see what it said.
I heard what he yelled, but I was in the back where you can't see.
Carlson was pretty shook up by it.
He slowed down and looked rather, well, surprised.

[Darksheare]

Going to go to my unholy repose.

[SAMWolf]

LOL! Good Night Darksheare.

[Darksheare]

Yup.
*chuckle*
Laters.

[Soaring Feather]

Good night Dark, sleep well.

I was getting ready to post a pome to you, but it would take a little while. Go to bed, it will be here in the morning for you.

feather

[Soaring Feather]

Lovely poem you posted today. Thank You Dark.

[Soaring Feather]

The Legend

The Legend...

tells as dusk falls

brown eyes smile

in the ceremony 

of flight in 

loving months

the friendship 

shant wane.



I would be so hurt

to lose you...

there is not a best

nor a worse of you

there is only you

on the astral slide

we are to play.

I'll fling you a comet tail

draw you to me

wear you like a rainbow...

flash my colors for you

it will not wane.



We meet in the dark place

wired for sound ... 

...dots flash

sparkle in silence

you are my noise forever

lighting candles

under the stars...






 

 
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[SAMWolf]

Good poem Feather. I like seeing your "old" stuff.

[Soaring Feather]

:-)

You remember it SAM!!!!???

[SAMWolf]

Heck I can barely remember what I had for dinner a few hours ago.

[SAMWolf]

Rats! I didn't think you noticed that!

[snippy_about_it]

Goodnight Darksheare.