Oh, a germ is threatening
My very life today
If I don’t get some shelter
Oh yeah, I’m gonna fade away
Corrr Ona,
It’s just a cough away
Just a cough away
A cough away
Corrr Ona,
it’s just a sneeze away
Just a sneeze away
A sneeze away
Ooh, see the virus sweepin’
Our very streets today
Spreads like Eee Bola
A black plague is under way
If I don’t get a respirator
Oh yeah, I’m gonna fade away
Corrr Ona,
It’s just a kiss away
A kiss away
Kiss away
Oh, sister,
Tell me a vaccine,
Is just a shot away
A shot away
Shot away
Whoever dwells in the shelter
of the Most High will rest
in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord,
“He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
Surely he will save you
from the fowler’s snare
and from the deadly pestilence.
He will cover you
with his feathers,
and under his wings
you will find refuge;
his faithfulness
will be your shield and rampart.
You will not fear
the terror of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
nor the pestilence
that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague
that destroys at midday.
A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
You will only observe
with your eyes and see
the punishment of the wicked.
If you say,
“The Lord is my refuge,”
and you make the Most High
your dwelling,
no harm will overtake you,
no disaster
will come near your tent.
For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways;
they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not
strike your foot against a stone.
You will tread on the lion
and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion
and the serpent.
“Because he loves me,”
says the Lord,
“I will rescue him;
I will protect him,
for he acknowledges my name.
He will call on me,
and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him.
With long life I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation.”
~ Moses (Psalm 91)
All artwork by H. R. Giger
(Apologies to the Rolling Stones 😎)
Bravo David, bravo👏👏👏
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Thanks Mich 🙏
I only ever plagiarize the best 😎
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Its cool David..lol..
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Wowza 🤩
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I had Keith & Mick whispering in
my ear, so I turned the volume up.
… Thanks for tuning in, Yassy 💛
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Yup .. what a pleasure 🤓. Sing us some more , Davidoff.
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I was just mentioning to Bojana that
I was humming along with My Sharona…
🎶Ooh my, you’re a nasty one,
a little nasty one
Are you gonna give me some time, Corona?
Ooh, you make my doctor run,
my doctor run
Now you’ve gone and crossed the line,
Corona
Are you ever gonna stop, or give it up,
such a dirty germ
Are we ever going to learn
to stop
screwing Mother Nature up?
M-m-m-my Corona
Come a little closer, huh, a-will ya, huh?
Close enough to look in my eyes, Corona
Keeping it a mystery, it gets to me
Running down the length of my thigh, Corona
When you gonna give to me, a gift to me
Is it just a matter of time, Corona?
Is it d-d-destiny, d-destiny
Or is it just a game in my mind, Corona? 🎶
But I thought better of it, Yassy. I don’t
want to appear flippant, or an alarmist 😎
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When all this is over , you are going to make this into a song and maybe even laugh about it , David.
You are a talented one , I must say. Even in these trying times, you come up with a mighty awesome tube. Cheers 🍻
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Thanks Yassy. 🙏❤️
I was just watching Matthew
McConaughey 🤠 It would seem
I’m not the only one who’s had
plenty of time to be silly 😎
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It’s fun to let go 🤓
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Well, I’ve certainly lost my grip,
Yassy 👾 🙃 🕶️ 🐙 🤪 🎩 But nothing
compared to an attention deprived
Hollywood celebrity 👋😎
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You are in a class of your own , my friend. Way above all things petty 👏👍
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Thank you muchly, Yassy 🙏 You’ve
given me the inspiration to face yet
another day of self isolation 😎
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You can do it dude 🙂👍. Great going 👏
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And the record’s skipping….🖤💔🖤💔🖤💔
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It’s an old but faithful jukebox
at the Heartbreak Hotel 😪🕶️
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Don’t apologize… that was perfect David!!
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Thank you, Janet 🙏
I greatly appreciate that 💛😎
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Oh, St David, “Gimme Shelter”
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Now only takeaway
available
at the Nighthawk Café
But sweet lovin’ shelter
is ever
just a prayer away 🙏 😇
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I’ll take that one 😁🌏
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Excellent- plus
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Poetry affords
an excellent shelter for all
from peasants to lords
in both fair and foul weather
Thank you muchly, and
greatly appreciated, Wanda 🙏
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You’re welcome
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Can we dance together
Near the jukebox of god’s café?
I won’t wear a mask
But you wear yours, ok? ;))
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I’m not much of a dancer, Lia.
But my mask has whiskers
and pink pointy ears
So you can save the last dance
for an awkward Pink Panther 😎
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Even better 😻
For my pink-cloud whether.
By the way, have you seen the movie
Rock Dog? I can’t make a rhyme about it
But the cat is an adorable rock god.
It will cheer up anyone
With the corona-virus blues
And a cat like that, is a cat like Mick… or you. 😎🎸
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I haven’t seen it, but with Eddie
Izzard, it would have be good 👍
I’ll put it on the list, and pretend
I’m getting it for the kids 😎
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I believe it is on Netflix
You really should have a look
I’ll be your Luka Wilson 🐩
If you be Angus Scattergood. 😎
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Well, I ain’t nothing but a hound dog,
so that sounds good 🐶💛
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Thought they said you was high-classed 🎼
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But that was just a lie, Lia 🙊
They do it all the time 👿
I ain’t never caught a rabbit 🐰 But,
you can still be a friend of mine 😎
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Well as a sometimes-cool, 🤘👓
mostly-vegetarian cat, 🌱🐆
I can sure get behind that. 🎶👌
I just hope you can tap. 👯♀️🕺👯♂️💃🏼🙏
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Ona means she in Serbian.
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That’s interesting, Bojana.
I was thinking of going for
the ‘My Sharona’ option,
but I lacked the knack 😎
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Yeah, that fucking Sharona.
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And she’s got such a dirty mind,
according to the Knack 😎
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It’s just a shot away…..
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Interesting that Mick Jagger
and Keith Richards originally
wrote ‘Gimme Shelter’ as an
anti war song. But Hollywood
keeps using it as background
music for drug scenes?
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…the war within ourselves?
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Every junkie is a setting sun 🌅
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Those images are truly horrifying and so apt for this moment in time. It’s hard to tell if we’re headed for the apocalypse or just dystopia.
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It’s a once in a century thing, Liz.
Happens all the time. But, for sure,
life will be different when it’s done.
“Stake my future
on a hell of a past.
Looks like tomorrow
is a coming on fast.
Ain’t complaining
about what I got.
Seen better times
but who has not.”
~ Bob Dylan
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Wise words from our troubadour. Thanks for reminding me.
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Sir David, you excel! 👌🏼
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Thank you graciously,
my Lady Punam 🙏 💛
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Always a pleasure, kind sir! 💙
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I have two of Giger’s books. He was amazing.
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With an artistic gift most alien 👽
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Amen so true. Great post and scriptures. This artist is amazing also. Please stay safe and healthy. Be blessed. Love 💕 Joni
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You too, Joni 💛
Thanks for daring to enter
the Coronadome 🙏😎
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The verses were great and the way you used the artwork was wild. Such detail in the art. Amazing work, really great. Stay safe my friend. Love 💕 J
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Very clever! I think the Stones would be proud. Love the artwork too!!
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Thank you very much Kristian.
I took the chance that the Stones,
and their lawyers, would be too
busy at the moment to notice 😎
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I love the Stone Sour version of gimme shelter. A hard rock version with Lzzy Hale complementing Corey Taylor. As far as the Bible passage is concerned, I sadly disagree. Sometimes God afflicts even the elect. One can never know God ways. I believe those promises were given to a certain individual at a certain period of time. Yes they are encouraging but there are other passages that herald the sovereignty of God like: I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. (Isaiah 45:7) But all said and done, very cleverly written David.
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The Midrash states that Psalm 91 was composed
by Moses on the day he completed the building of
the (portable) Tabernacle in the desert. So I see it
as a poetic celebration of the faith that had
supernaturally brought God’s people to that point
of the Exodus story. Complete with instructions and
blessings. Those who took God’s word lightly, and
turned to idolatry(Baal worship), had been thinned
from the herd. Sickness and death are part of the
natural order that we all currently live under. And
that bad things happen to good people.
Yet, above and beyond the hard reality of this fallen
world, there is a much higher reality.
Call me deluded, or simple …. But,
one bright shiny day, I’m convinced, all the
good and the bad, that has gone down in a rotten
deal called human history, will make perfect sense.
Thanks for conversing, Nitin.
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Wow!!! Just Wow!!
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Thanks Chuck.
Hopefully it’s not a case of “Kapow!”
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Yeah, Kapow, doesn’t sound good! Ha!
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Only in a Batman comic 🦇 Or …
on the menu of a Thai restaurant 💥
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Heh. Giger and Jagger. Awesome-dome.
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Thanks Victoria 👽
Been flat out on virus patrol ☣️
Will check out George’s post
you mentioned, forthwith ☑️ 😎
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This is fantastic, David! Love it 😄
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Very pleased, I am 😎
Thank you muchly, Katy 🙏
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Profound! ‘It’s just a cough away’ My child coughed yesterday and I looked at him again and again till sleep took over my senses.
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Coughing in public, especially in
a supermarket, has become a bit
of a crime. These are strange and
peculiar times. I trust all will be well
with you, and yours, Florence 🙏
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Thank you! We will all get to through this🙏🙏
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Well done. Psalm 91 is one of my favorites, too. ❤
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Thank you Anna 🙏
His word just as fresh today..
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Wild poetry. The art reminded me of LP art of Happy Rhodes as well as others. I’m sure you’re familiar with her great music; ‘Warpaint’, ‘Words Weren’t Meant for Cowards, Be Brave’, etc.. Thanx for all you do. Be well. 🙂 reality
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A Happy reminder of the Temporary
and Eternal 🎶 😎 All Rhodes lead
to an epic victory over an unhappy
pandemic 👍 Thanks, Reality 🙏
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Psalm 91 has always been my favourite psalm.
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As composed by Moses after the
big exodus, and whilst roaming the wilderness, according to the Midrash.
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That’s interesting so it wasn’t a psalm of David.
I was reading in some Biblical commentary the past year that “the terror that flies by night” was a reference to the vampiress Lilith.
So another reason why Psalm 91 is right up my alley.
Since I had brought in the Vampiress Lilith as a character in my vampire novels sometime back in the early 2010s. 🧛🏻♀
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The manifold application of scripture.
Today, “the terror that flies by night”,
could just as easily apply to a plane
full of Chinese tourists from Wuhan.
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Oh my God.dear Redpath!!plz don’t write like this post.it is most attacking on my heart.most haunting.😈
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But Aruna, it is poetry’s business
to be dangerously relevant 😇
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But i am afraid from these thingsDear Redpath!!
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Poem is awesome but images……so much dangerous,dear Redpath.!!
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Thanks Aruna 💛🙏
This insidious virus needed to be
taken seriously. But what is life,
and death ☠️ without a touch of
dark comedy? 😎
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Yeah.most welcome🙏🙏🙏
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My thoughts & prayers are
with you, and all my friends
in India, Aruna ♥️ 🇮🇳 🙏
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