plasmid 41 Report post Posted September 25, 2011 As starlight falls and suns all die I'm flying in saucers unseen Propellered guard is whizzed right by With teleportation beam A migrant motley columned crew Arranged with a common intent Starts squelching scores of voices who Are trumped by the one I invent My phantoms land and fight their war The people will surely succumb 'til daylight breaks then off I soar I'm saved or I'm killed by a thumb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 tiger_lily111 116 Report post Posted September 25, 2011 A, I don't believe you. are you playing ultimate frisbee D, interesting as always. I'm sure I'll try again later assuming I haven't been body-snatched. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 'Cat'astrophe 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2011 a firefly nyeah..more like a mayfly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 tiger_lily111 116 Report post Posted September 26, 2011 staging a play Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 plasmid 41 Report post Posted September 26, 2011 A, I don't believe you. Can't say I blame you, I did have an "I'm not a plasmid" riddle after all 8P staging a play That's the closest guess so far, but there are clues in the first stanza pointing in a slightly different direction. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 'Cat'astrophe 0 Report post Posted September 26, 2011 a videogame Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Pickett 13 Report post Posted September 26, 2011 Watching a movie or tv...(also, Cat's guess of playing a video game definitely fits this thinking as well...) The first stanza kind of sounds like the lights going down and possibly a DVD in the player started by a remote control. The second stanza seems to describe the pixels on the display and then when the movie starts, people who are talking quiet down. The third mentions how people will be fixated at the screen and then about turning it off via remote (using your thumb)...the "saved" line is what makes me think Cat's guess is probably more right... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 plasmid 41 Report post Posted September 26, 2011 This reviewer gives Pickett's answer a thumbs up. Old-fashioned movie reel As starlight falls and suns all die I'm flying in saucers unseen - movie reels, in the projector's booth out of sight Propellered guard is whizzed right by - mechanism of displaying the frames on original projectors With teleportation beam - the projected beam of light A migrant motley columned crew Arranged with a common intent Starts squelching scores of voices who Are trumped by the one I invent - fits better with a public performance than something at home My phantoms land and fight their war The people will surely succumb - crowd typically just sits there and watches 'til daylight breaks then off I soar I'm saved or I'm killed by a thumb - the thumbs up or thumbs down of reviewers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
As starlight falls and suns all die
I'm flying in saucers unseen
Propellered guard is whizzed right by
With teleportation beam
A migrant motley columned crew
Arranged with a common intent
Starts squelching scores of voices who
Are trumped by the one I invent
My phantoms land and fight their war
The people will surely succumb
'til daylight breaks then off I soar
I'm saved or I'm killed by a thumb
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