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[2020] Dreaming of Carolina Sunshine
If only those cornstalks
baled round n snow covered
were cinnamon buns glazed
sweet with icing dripped
on an oven warming rack
under the sun's lovin' grace
but alas, they are not
and it's cold as fuck here
in God's forsaken place
Written by
JohnnyBlaze
Published 17th Jan 2020
| Edited 31st Jul 2020
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Re. Dreaming of Carolina Sunshine
17th Jan 2020 00:12am
Oh, wow! Yes, that is pretty cold!! Currently sitting at 54°F here where I'm at, lol. Loved your hopeful analogy, heh!
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17th Jan 2020 1:55am
Re: Re. Dreaming of Carolina Sunshine
19th Jan 2020 4:21pm
Heh, we're still seeing this nice warm weather. Today has been the first day of even semi-cold in at least a week!
Just curious... are you familiar with the song California Dreamin' by The Mamas and The Papas? And by chance did that inspire the title? Heh :)
Just curious... are you familiar with the song California Dreamin' by The Mamas and The Papas? And by chance did that inspire the title? Heh :)
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Re: Re. Dreaming of Carolina Sunshine
19th Jan 2020 4:34pm
If anything influenced the title, it was "California Sunshine" sung by Waylon Jennings. Lord knows who wrote it. Nashville was a factory back then before artists' gained control of their own careers.
Re. Dreaming of Carolina Sunshine
17th Jan 2020 1:08am
I would die in that weather. Of course I die in this weather come summer. . .I can't decide which location I'm dreaming!
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Re: Re. Dreaming of Carolina Sunshine
17th Jan 2020 1:52am
Re. Dreaming of Carolina Sunshine
17th Jan 2020 1:14am
This made me chuckle. Sorry it's so cold! I wish you could enjoy the 50s weather I'm enjoying, although it's been raining for a week.
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17th Jan 2020 1:54am
Re. Dreaming of Carolina Sunshine
17th Jan 2020 3:39am
Thank you for this lil Mr. Blaze, it made me smile and feel your pain at the same time.
I have been in those bitter temperatures before, but now though not in Carolina I am in South Georgia and it was 74 degrees driving to work tonight ... not that I am rubbing out in or anything :)
I have been in those bitter temperatures before, but now though not in Carolina I am in South Georgia and it was 74 degrees driving to work tonight ... not that I am rubbing out in or anything :)
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Re: Re. Dreaming of Carolina Sunshine
17th Jan 2020 11:19am
It's okay, Swagger. I can at least live vicariously through others as I slide off my driveway into the chicken pen.
Re. Dreaming of Carolina Sunshine
It's weather like that
the reason many come to Arizona in the winter time.
Many hold Dual State Residencies and own homes in their Wintery states and homes here in AZ
(us permanent residents nicknamed them, Snowbirds. )
& while i love cold weather, i've been to Colorado and Massachusetts and Oregon during horrific cold fronts and NO effin THANX. Bad enough i got snowed in once while in South Lake Tahoe, CA & once in Flagstaff, AZ
Mmmmm............i can just smell those pastries -- Yum
the reason many come to Arizona in the winter time.
Many hold Dual State Residencies and own homes in their Wintery states and homes here in AZ
(us permanent residents nicknamed them, Snowbirds. )
& while i love cold weather, i've been to Colorado and Massachusetts and Oregon during horrific cold fronts and NO effin THANX. Bad enough i got snowed in once while in South Lake Tahoe, CA & once in Flagstaff, AZ
Mmmmm............i can just smell those pastries -- Yum
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Re: Re. Dreaming of Carolina Sunshine
17th Jan 2020 4:49pm
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17th Jan 2020 4:51pm
Re. Dreaming of Carolina Sunshine
17th Jan 2020 5:56pm
Hi JB I would like to say that I was warming to this but then it all went a bit Macarther Park
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17th Jan 2020 5:59pm
Re. Dreaming of Carolina Sunshine
17th Jan 2020 9:04pm
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18th Jan 2020 11:21am
Re. Dreaming of Carolina Sunshine
17th Jan 2020 9:58pm
love this!
that visual of the rolls/rolls--really works
the glaze of the iced bun, the ice
just love this
that visual of the rolls/rolls--really works
the glaze of the iced bun, the ice
just love this
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Re: Re. Dreaming of Carolina Sunshine
18th Jan 2020 11:24am
There's not much else to be inspired by when looking at out the windows. Snow. Bales. Snoe. Standing corn that wasn't picked in time. Snow. Thank you for reading, Butters.
Re. Dreaming of Carolina Sunshine
17th Jan 2020 10:49pm
Homosapians have always had the ability to adopt....
But what you paint here is really freezing
But what you paint here is really freezing
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Re: Re. Dreaming of Carolina Sunshine
18th Jan 2020 11:28am
It is obnoxiously cold. The cats on the farm adapt - there are two that are bundled together in a milk crate in the barn - in the below zero temps. I don't know how they manage, but they do. Thank you for reading, PoT.
Re. Dreaming of Carolina Sunshine
18th Jan 2020 1:27am
was the dripping icing on the oven rack warm? Im wonderin if its a toasty glow in the kitchen and a cold fucking chair in a old ass cabin
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Re: Re. Dreaming of Carolina Sunshine
18th Jan 2020 11:30am
I wish, but ... no such luck. But I do crave sticky buns now! Thank you for reading, JayFree.
Re. Dreaming of Carolina Sunshine
18th Jan 2020 5:16am
Dear JB,
I just gained 12 lbs with those sticky buns! It’s cold here too.
But totally loved your description of the buns. I really want cinnamon buns now. Like right now. H🌷
I just gained 12 lbs with those sticky buns! It’s cold here too.
But totally loved your description of the buns. I really want cinnamon buns now. Like right now. H🌷
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Re: Re. Dreaming of Carolina Sunshine
18th Jan 2020 11:32am
It's impossible to dash and prance through the snow and lose the pounds gained from all of that holiday junk. Thank you for reading, Honoriah.
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Re: Re. Dreaming of Carolina Sunshine
18th Jan 2020 5:53pm
It's my secret strategy of making people long for and return to my poetry - by associating it with donuts and other assorted pastries!
LOL Thanks for reading, Socks.
LOL Thanks for reading, Socks.
Re. Dreaming of Carolina Sunshine
18th Jan 2020 8:58pm
Sounds pretty cold to me. Home is where the heart is and when you are you somewhere else you are missing a part of yourself. Beautifully said.
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18th Jan 2020 9:02pm
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18th Jan 2020 9:04pm
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