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"500 Miles" (also known as "500 Miles Away from Home" or "Railroaders' Lament") is a song made popular in the United States and Europe during the #1960sFolkRevival. The simple #repetitive lyrics offer a #lament by a traveler who is far from home, out of money and too ashamed to return. In a May 1963 interview on Folk Music Worldwide, #PaulStookey of #PeterPaulAndMary characterized the song, which appeared on the group's 1962 debut album, as "a reflection of loneliness.
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Dismembered
In the dust under the frozen
Sky where sun should be, and
Warmth, the sirens are outwailed
By the mourning voices screaming
Songs of sadness and death,
Of loss and dying, never seeing
The faces most loved again.
Under cover of the molten rocks
Of what were houses, bodies
Move from hand to hand over
The heads of these singers, notes
As clear as the night. This is
The #lament for the dismembered:
Limbs, families, people, lands,
And a world ripped apart.
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The #MastoPrompt for 16 March, 2025 is: #lament #MrWhiskers
Mother once again had the new orange cat in a head lock. Her ears were a mess and she let out a lamenting wail as Mother dosed her ears with goop for the third day in a row. Mr.Whiskers retreated under the bed until the torture was over. Mother seemed to like assaulting the new cat with many things. Mr. Whiskers felt very lucky that he wasn't the center of his mothers attention right now. Hmmm. What could he possibly get away with?

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