Written for: The Twiglets #206 - "looking for light" looking for light in all the wrong places Hey man, I'm lookin' for a light . . . oh, and a cigarette. Can you help me out? they look out window frames an iron sky glowing logs burn behind them A man who always thought himself right argued with everybody in sight. When shown proof he was wrong he scoffed. Said they belonged with fake news writers who can't see the light. https://thetwiglets.wordpress.com/
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I especially like the opening lines, a play on the song, “looking for love…”.
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Thanks, Jael!
Thanks for the follow as well.
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You’re very welcome!
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Like the reference to looking for love…
And now to even though so out of favor some still ‘smoke’ (I always thought it odd that the Amish who did not smoke would grow tobacco… but a money crop is a money crop)
The fire looking out at the sky… a city view for sure.
And of course I think I know some folks just like that guy in your Limerick!
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Thanks so much, Jules. I never knew the Amish grew tobacco.
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“Amish grow tobacco because of MONEY. Believe it or not, Amish people are pretty much the same as you and I. … They don’t just grow tobacco, lots of them smoke it as well. The Amish are the richest people in the area.”
Ah… I didn’t think they smoked it – maybe not in cigarette form, maybe in pipes though?
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Wow!
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There is much that is fascinating about the Amish and the Mennonites. Some of what is ‘common’ knowledge isn’t really true. What is mostly true is that they are ‘people’ just like most ‘people’. They just don’t use electricity in the same way, and they attempt to shun modernization. Basically don’t believe what the movies tell you. And there is no real Amish Mafia. That’s all fiction. Though there are probably some Amish, just like other people who shouldn’t be trusted, and aren’t as nice as one would like to believe.
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I have some Amish-made furniture that has the best workmanship I’ve ever seen.
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I think like any other business folk some are better than others. We had some Amish work on enclosing a porch… and did what we consider a half… well not great job.
As my FIL used to say: “You get what you pay for and you (also) get what you don’t pay for…” Not that you always need the absolute best… 🙂
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Good saying.
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