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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:17:36 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Sweetfeed</title><subtitle>Sweetfeed</subtitle><id>http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/sweetfeed/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/sweetfeed/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/sweetfeed/atom.xml"/><updated>2008-08-27T22:52:52Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Chapter 35</title><category>conclusions</category><id>http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/sweetfeed/2006/9/5/chapter-35.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/sweetfeed/2006/9/5/chapter-35.html"/><author><name>Billy</name></author><published>2006-09-05T16:45:21Z</published><updated>2006-09-05T16:45:21Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<P>&#147;What&#146;s Drewspur,&#148; I asked as Lee, Veggie, and I walked along Virginia Route 756 near Indian Valley and Alum Ridge. &#147;Is it a big city, cause if it is I don&#146;t want to go.&#148;<BR>
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&#147;Oh no,&#148; Lee replied, &#147;Drewspur is a little place hid way back in the wilderness. There&#146;s only one house there and only friends of its owner even know the place exists.&#148;<BR>
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&#147;So is Billy a friend of the owner?&#148; I asked.<BR>]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Chapter 34</title><category>On The Road Again</category><id>http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/sweetfeed/2006/9/5/chapter-34.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/sweetfeed/2006/9/5/chapter-34.html"/><author><name>Billy</name></author><published>2006-09-05T16:42:19Z</published><updated>2006-09-05T16:42:19Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Until that night I had never set foot in a cave before and I hope I never do again. Lee had already brought provisions to the cave before my rescue began so I had an apple for an appetizer, all the fresh hay I wanted, sweetfeed for desert, and fresh water was as easy as sticking my head in the waterfall. Of course I never will get used to water running up my nose but that wasn&#146;t the reason I don&#146;t like caves.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Chapter 33</title><category>show time</category><id>http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/sweetfeed/2006/8/31/chapter-33.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/sweetfeed/2006/8/31/chapter-33.html"/><author><name>Billy</name></author><published>2006-08-31T05:34:48Z</published><updated>2006-08-31T05:34:48Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Stan Mann was mad as hell. The events of the last week had been meant to rattle him and his employees. Considering the fact that several of them had quit I would presume it had worked. Of course I had no real idea what was going on except for the fact that some very strange things had been going on every night. Stan Mann had stomped around shouting and shoving people all day. Stan Mann was indeed, mad as hell.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Chapter 32</title><category>Bondage</category><id>http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/sweetfeed/2006/8/15/chapter-32.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/sweetfeed/2006/8/15/chapter-32.html"/><author><name>Billy</name></author><published>2006-08-16T01:38:04Z</published><updated>2006-08-16T01:38:04Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Like a thousand other nights in a thousand different towns I looked out at the crowd from the shadows as they filed in to take their seats along three walls of the makeshift arena. From inside the big tent where we always performed, Floyd Virginia looked just like any other town-- miserable]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Chapter 31</title><category>Bondage</category><id>http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/sweetfeed/2006/7/23/chapter-31.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/sweetfeed/2006/7/23/chapter-31.html"/><author><name>Billy</name></author><published>2006-07-23T22:26:56Z</published><updated>2006-07-23T22:26:56Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Stan Mann didn&#146;t care about anything other than making a profit. As we drove away from the farm-- and away from Sugar Cube-- I couldn&#146;t help but fear that I would again end up a beast of burden like I had been when Henry McCann used to beat me into submission or threaten me with his gun. It wasn&#146;t until we got to Missouri that I realized one could be enslaved for one&#146;s mind as well as for one&#146;s body. I remember wishing I had stayed in Arkansas with Billy, Johnny, and the rest of the Wild Salsa Gang.<BR>
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I watched out the side of the trailer as we traveled northeast along the Will Rogers Parkway. I remembered hearing about Will Rogers when I was younger. He always had a lot to say about a lot of things and I couldn&#146;t help but wonder what he might have to say about my current situation. In almost no time at all we were in Missouri, otherwise known as the State of Misery.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Chapter 30</title><category>Wild Wild West</category><id>http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/sweetfeed/2006/7/18/chapter-30.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/sweetfeed/2006/7/18/chapter-30.html"/><author><name>Billy</name></author><published>2006-07-18T10:53:22Z</published><updated>2006-07-18T10:53:22Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Trooper Joe had assured me when I first came to stay with him that I was free to go anywhere I liked. At first life on Trooper Joe&#146;s farm was good, Sugar Cube and I got along well and the farm was as nice as any I&#146;d ever seen but somehow things just didn&#146;t seem right though I couldn&#146;t put my eyes on what the problem might be.<BR>
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I spent most of my time under the alluring spell of Sugar Cube. She was my first love and the greatest love I&#146;ve ever known. We spent our days trotting around the farm, lounging &#145;neath the shade trees, and taking the occasional cool dip in the pond. I still remember how beautiful she looked when her body was soaking wet and the light gleamed against the hairs stuck tightly to her loins. I remember the way she neighed when I scratched behind her ears with my nose and I remember the way I shuddered when she did the same for me. Of course it was my relationship and my feelings towards Sugar Cube that caused the problems I would soon face on Trooper Joe&#146;s farm.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Chapter 29</title><category>On The Road Again</category><id>http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/sweetfeed/2006/7/4/chapter-29.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/sweetfeed/2006/7/4/chapter-29.html"/><author><name>Billy</name></author><published>2006-07-05T02:17:32Z</published><updated>2006-07-05T02:17:32Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<I>Livin&#146; on Tulsa Time, livin&#146; on Tulsa time. Gonna set my watch back to it &#145;cause you know that I been through it... </I>It&#146;s not that there&#146;s anything wrong with farming, but once you&#146;ve had a taste of the big city lights it&#146;s hard to resist goin&#146; back for second helpings-- thirds even. You see, while I loved life on the farm I also had a thirst to fill. I was sure there had to be better things in life than a handful of sweet feed two or three times a day. I decided that it would be best if I expanded my horizons and took to the highways as those big city lights were a callin&#146; me. I decided to head just across the state line to Tulsa, Oklahoma.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Chapter 28</title><category>Wild Wild West</category><id>http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/sweetfeed/2006/7/4/chapter-28.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/sweetfeed/2006/7/4/chapter-28.html"/><author><name>Billy</name></author><published>2006-07-05T02:14:43Z</published><updated>2006-07-05T02:14:43Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Captain Johnny was leading us on a run down to Arkansas in hopes of picking up a few new recruits and to scout out our next target, a Union stronghold known as Fort Smith. He knew that there would be a lot of disillusioned Confederates as well as some Indians who might like to join up with us, and it was our hope that we might learn enough about Fort Smith to allow us to come back and take control of the fort when the real battles started. I never understood much about politricks but I figured Captain Johnny knew all there was to know about the situation or he wouldn&#146;t be leading us. Johnny was hoping that Fort Smith, with its near-center geographical location, would make an excellent base of operations for his legions that would eventually follow him. Besides, according to Captain Johnny, Four Corners was beginning to become overrun with law-dogs.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Chapter 27</title><category>Wild Wild West</category><id>http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/sweetfeed/2006/6/22/chapter-27.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/sweetfeed/2006/6/22/chapter-27.html"/><author><name>Billy</name></author><published>2006-06-22T20:46:32Z</published><updated>2006-06-22T20:46:32Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<I>&#147;Give a dog a bad name and it will bite, a man&#146;s infamy can be what others make; a spider is no more dangerous than a mite.&#148; </I>Billy read poetry to us as we set around the campfire. Everybody listened quietly &#145;cause Captain Johnny Taco said so. Captain Johnny knew Billy wanted to become a famous writer and a world renown poet, and it was Johnny&#146;s plan to give Billy the story that would make them both famous: the story of the Wild Salsa Gang. That&#146;s why the members of the Wild Salsa Gang called Billy, the Scribe.<BR>
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<I>&#147;There are dead spiders, hypocrits philanthropists, gloomy Aristotles, and their ilk; give a dog a bad name and it will bite.&#148; </I>Billy was reading from Parable Of The Man-Child by a Welsh author named Richard Ball. Billy said Richard was a biker like the guys in the Salsa Gang. Billy said that Richard rode Harleys and Indians and was one of the greatest poets in the world even though the world refused to recognize Mister Ball. Billy dreamed of meeting him someday.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Chapter 26</title><category>bikers</category><id>http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/sweetfeed/2006/6/22/chapter-26.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/sweetfeed/2006/6/22/chapter-26.html"/><author><name>Billy</name></author><published>2006-06-22T20:44:04Z</published><updated>2006-06-22T20:44:04Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<I>Wild Thing, you make my heart sing. You make everything... </I>&#147;Jack, come here quick. I need to talk with you,&#148; It was Little Debbie calling me from behind the shed she had converted to a barn. I barely heard her as the radio in the house was really loud. Rex and some woman had been in there since just after Debbie had left for work. <I>Wild Thing, I think I love you, but I wanna&#146; know for sure...<BR>
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</I>&#147;What are you doing behind the barn?&#148; I asked as I looked out the small window in the back.]]></summary></entry></feed>