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<\/p>\nEditor’s Note: Amazon delivered two huge boxes filled with recliner chairs this morning, two days early in the storm confusion in Virginia’s Piedmont. Quite roaringly efficient. There is some other unsettling stuff going on around us. Climate Change is one of them, of course, and all the rest of the new Emergency culture in which we live. The Impeachment hearings are a hoot. The plague update is back to “wear two” masks after briefly saying one is plenty. We are in a new sort of world. The CDC Director can appear on TV with the official banner of the organization behind her and have her statement described as a “personal opinion.” Maybe that was about schools. I get lost in the emergencies and have to put the chairs together. I am glad Marlow can still get out to the Class Six store on base.<\/p>\n
– Vic<\/p>\n
Author’s Note: As the TSgt from the Army’s 1st Ranger BN of the 75th Regiment at the gas pump next to me said at the time \u201cSome people can\u2019t let it go.\u201d<\/p>\n
I agreed and penned the below when I returned home.<\/p>\n
– Marlow<\/p>\n
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Country was rollin\u2019 and tumblin\u2019, we laughed the whole night long
\nWe were rollin\u2019 and tumblin\u2019, we laughed the whole night long
\nWoke up one March mornin’, we must have bet our money wrong<\/p>\n
We got plague troubles so hard, we couldn’t stand the strain
\nWe got plague troubles so hard, we couldn’t stand the strain
\nSome sloppy Wuhan lab shut down our country and our brains<\/p>\n
Vaccines were growin\u2019, glowin’, gleamin’ in the golden light of day
\nVaccines were growin\u2019, glowin’, gleamin’ in the golden light of day
\nPharma boys weren’t holding nothin’ back, even DC cain’t get in their way<\/p>\n
Well, we did all we knew just to keep from losin\u2019 our minds
\nWell, we did all we knew just to keep from losin\u2019 our minds
\nWell, we paid and we paid, our sufferin’ hearts were on the line<\/p>\n
Well, we got up each mornin\u2019 and we went downstairs to lay in the shade
\nWe got up each mornin\u2019 and we went downstairs to lay in the shade
\nWe ain’t nobody’s house boy, we ain’t nobody’s well trained maid<\/p>\n
By May we\u2019s flat tapped out, plague been drivin’ us to tears
\nWe\u2019s flat tapped out by May, plague been drivin’ us to tears
\nPlague and the politicians so crazy, not sure which one we ain’t gonna care about for years<\/p>\n
Well, new year\u2019s warm weather is comin’ and the buds are on the vine
\nThe warm weather is comin’ and the buds are on the vine
\nThings ain\u2019t so depressin\u2019, life\u2019s returnin\u2019 to normal down here on the line<\/p>\n
We got up this mornin’, saw the rising sun return
\nWell, we got up this mornin’, saw the rising sun return
\nSooner or later, this plague too shall burn<\/p>\n
Our night’s no longer filled with shadows, this year\u2019s filled with early blooms
\nOur night’s no longer filled with shadows, this year\u2019s filled with early blooms
\nWe’re conjuring up all our lost dead souls from their crumblin’ tombs<\/p>\n
Country\u2019s gotta forgive each other, let’s go down to the greenwood glen
\nLet’s forgive each other, darlins’, let’s go down to the greenwood glen
\nLet’s put our heads together, let’s put old matters to an end<\/p>\n
Now we rolled and we tumbled and we cried the whole plague night long
\nAh, we rolled and we tumbled and we cried the whole plague night long
\nWe woke up this mornin\u2019, maybe we\u2019s just been travelin\u2019 wrong<\/p>\n
All inspirational credit for the above is due to B. Dylan<\/p>\n
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