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Important Update: Transition from pathetic.org to eMuse.org - 03/16/2025
by Gavin M Roy

After years of intermittent development, eMuse is almost ready to launch. As part of this transition, pathetic.org will be shutdown and will redirect to eMuse.org.
What you need to know:

* No accounts will be automatically created
* No content will be automatically transferred
* When creating your new eMuse account, you'll have the option to import your data from pathetic.org

We look forward to welcoming you to the new platform.

Hello, Survivors of 2020! - 01/03/2021
by V. Blake

Please check my post out in the General forum when you have a moment. Thanks!

Stay Healthy - 03/18/2020
by V. Blake

Hope you and yours are well.

A Congratulations to Leonard M Hawkes - 03/27/2019
by V. Blake

..who just published his first volume of poetry! Entitled Leaves from my Box Elder, it comes just in time for the 150th anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike.

So, like the title says--congrats, Leonard!

Older News
Poem of the Day for 03/11/26

In Old L.A. Tonight
by Jersey D Gibson

The sun is slowly sinking,
night population's time for peaking,
and baby,
I'm with you.

The moon is on the rise, yeah,
buildings breaking all the skylines,
but the stars,
they show through.

The passion is slowly growing,
and the time is going slowly,
you with me,
in my car.

The night now is growing colder,
but my eyes are growing bolder,
tell me,
just how far?

Will it be alright,
tonight?
Are you doing alright,
tonight?
Are we doing alright,
in old L.A...?

The night now is slowly sinking,
but our love is slowly linking,
did I tell you,
you're so fine?

The city lights are so far,
no one watching but the stars,
and we have,
all the time.

As I see you close your eyes,
your lips let out another sigh,
can you tell me,
how you feel?

Stroke my hair and kiss my lips,
can you feel how my heart flips?
I can't believe,
this is real.

Am I doing alright,
tonight?
Is everything alright,
tonight?
Baby, we're doing so fine,
in old L.A. tonight.

With a look in your eye,
I don't want to say goodbye,
I just want to stay here with you forever.

Come sit with a smile,
stay with me for a while,
and we'll spend the whole night in starry weather.

12/20/2003

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