PolarLava::Blog

Lies & Rhymes & Dirty Needs

Life drags from day to day
Taking in pains along the way
The things put up with are beyond belief
Just tryin' to survive out in the streets

The women you meet
Just playin' games
You lose on the street
'Cause they're gonna trample your face
'Cause they gotta defeat ya and get on with their game
Their nothin' but trouble
Out to get ya tonight
It's just lies and rhymes and dirty needs
Still surviving that dark street scene.
They'll bury you in an ocean of rocks and steal your dreams

But they still don't know the inner scene
Roam the streets for blood and fun
Try to join the team
You're wearing black
They're into white —you get attacked!

Face it
You're living a dream that's in-between
Not too dark, but not in light
'Cause out on the streets
It's just lies and rhymes and dirty needs

Fall 1982

Revolving

Thought it was just another day
Thought you would push me away
Now I don't know what to say
See my mind it's on the floor
You got me spinning like revolving doors
In commotion, emotions are torn

I've got a lot to things to do
I'll put the aside just to talk to you —some more

I don't know what to say
Got this feeling inside my brain
I have to tell you
It drives me insane
Girl you're something
You blow me away

Maybe someday it will all be okay
Maybe someday it will all fade away
There must be some way…
A way that explains
Tell me something, do you feel the same?

What do I say about this feeling of disarray?
I'm just revolving away…

9/23/1982

"It's not going to stick because the ground is still too warm.  We nearly always see snow —at least flurries, in October."

Those would be my now immortal words to a coworker who moved to Buffalo from Florida last year.  I guess I was a little (!) wrong.  The official total was 22.6" at the airport.  At my house we were probably at about half that, but it's hard to tell because it was so wet that it packed down a lot.  And then it warmed up and started melting rapidly.  But in any case this was basically a "once a century storm" sort of thing.  There were predictions that we could see a few inches of snow with the "chance" of conditions producing "the perfect storm".  Which is exactly what happened.

I spent two long chilly days at home with the family, but had plenty of work to do around the house.  I don't have many trees in my yard, but my neighbor behind my house has two huge maples at the back of his lot.  These two trees dropped a good deal of limbs and debris in his yard, two other neighbor's yards as well as mine and  on my garage.  Thus there was plenty of cleaning up to be done.  Next up was hauling in wood and getting the fireplace going as it became clear that we might be without power for days.  Fortunately for us, it was "only" two days.  Others have not been so fortunate as they are still without power and in some cases, will be for the next week.  Compounding that was the rapidly melting snow and many have also been flooded.  Again, not me as we sit on ground that is always high and dry.  You can see the effects on my neighborhood from the pictures.  Fortunately the only tree casualty in my yard was my Japanese Maple that had a large branch fall on it and snap one of it's branches.  The other problem was my phone line's anchor pulled out of the house so the line fell in the street.  The wires remained connected so once the power came back on I still had phone and DSL internet access.

And that coworker?  Well, she unfortunately lives in Amherst, one of the hardest hit areas.  They got closer to 3 feet of snow and will be without power for quite some time yet.