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bobbot
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born in Illinois. 5 year Navy veteran. Married for 25 years (not counting the first five when we just cohabited. 4 kids, 6 grandkids, 3 brothers 2 living, 2 sisters 1 living, a mother living, a father not living. 1 dog a labradoodle, and a current cat population of 9 (I'm working on that number) I've done a lot of jobs in my life, from shill at a carnival burlesque show to making medium caliber ammunition. I built inkjet printers, embedded computer boards, restored and repaired both cars, motorcycles and electronics. I read, write, and do arithmetic (albeit poorly) My wife claims that I have more useless knowledge than anyone on earth and resultingly no one will play trivial pursuit with me anymore. I do play pinohcle but due to my inability to cheat I don't win very often. Recently disabled I turned to Open Salon to re-engage my writing bug. Update, cat population now at 3. homes found for kittens. Update two add one cocker spaniel to the list and maybe just shoot me.

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DECEMBER 21, 2009 9:58AM

Silver and Gold

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The sky bleeds silver

Grey like my hair or the tinsel on a tree

Golden sunlight filters

Down around that almost white

Illuminating

Illustrating

Cold pale light

Silver is cold

the shimmer of night

Gold is warm

Making us

Alive 

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Like night and day, they are. You capture that very well.
I get a neat pic inside my head when I read this Bob.
Jus' so you know..
Nice . . . really nice . . .
I loved this and then you couldn't have picked the more perfect song to end with! Wonderful colors!
Hey man that is pretty darned good! I dont know what you are on about. I really like this and the video clip at the end makes the whole experience awesome.
how cool is this, people, I mean come on.
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Silver and gold indeed. (It is what the jewelers here in the Caribbean think we should be buying.)

I prefer yours! Lovely poem Bob.
Great poem, Bob. And great ending song. Rudolph is my favorite holiday special. Just beware the Bumble.
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I love the Rudolph clip -- a solid part of my xmas as a kid.

Thanks for a beautiful poem bobbot.
Beautiful, Bob. Hope your holidays are peaceful and lovely.
Oh my gosh, I loved these "cartoons", the most (is that what you call them, or are they, "claymations"?) This is so great. Thanks!
Love it! Ending with my beloved "Silver and Gold" song from TV. Sigh...
Aw, this was so well done, "illuminating, illustrating" all the beauty of silver and gold.
Wonderful imagery. It takes me back to my mountain and that is always a happy occasion.