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Exciting news! I have just had my 1st book of Poems published! If you'd like to buy it, please click on this link which will direct you to amazon.com.

One Under the Sun

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10/16/08

Hello:

To all those who visit this website with any kind of regularity, thank you for your continued interest. I'm writing today just to let you know that, even though I haven't posted anything lately, I'm still writing and in fact am working on a rather important project. However, in the meantime I wanted to drop you all a line and let you know about something called The Lighter Fluid Gang.

This is nothing sinister, and there's no obligations involved. You need not send anything or do anything out of the ordinary. The Lighter Fluid Gang is merely a belief in being a good person, about not being dishonest or intentionally cruel. All it really amounts to is a faith in yourself: That you can be a decent person in a world that very often isn't.

There's a poem that follows this entry, and maybe it can explain a bit better than I. Sometimes a few rhymes here and there can make more sense than an entire manuscript. If you like what you read and agree with its message, then I welcome you into the gang, and if not, well, I understand, but still hope that someday you might give it a chance.

Thank you for listening. Your attention is always appreciated. If you'd like a button bearing the gang's logo, please write to me and let me know. I can always be reached at vinspada@yahoo.com

To Everybody and Everyone,

Vincent Spada

The Lighter Fluid Gang

If you don't dig phonies

or frauds or fakes

If you see politically correct

as just many mistakes

If you think for yourself

and speak without slang

Then you're one of us:

The Lighter Fluid Gang

If you're honest and upfront

and say what you mean

If you walk the line straight

and play the game clean

If you're not full of crap

and still have some pride

Then this is your group

and this is your side

If you're just a nobody

A no one from nowhere

Yet still speak your mind

and still really care

Then you've got courage

in no small amount

This means you matter

This means you count

You may feel all alone

but that just isn't so

If you walk with us now

there's no telling where we'll go

All travelers are welcome

regardless of your position

All people, all races

One voice, one mission

Here then is our cause

Our sacred mandate

To convert the whole world

without malice or hate

We ask nothing so complicated

and nothing so tough

Just be truthful in life

That alone is enough

So that is our message

and that is our plan

To say what we think

and to help if we can

That's what we strive for

Our hopes on this hang

This is who we are

The Lighter Fluid Gang

Vincent Spada

9/19/08

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An explanation into the meaning of the saying "We are One under the Sun."

For any of you who may have visited my website in the last few weeks, you may have noticed a slogan which I have posted at the beginning of the home page. That slogan reads:

We are One under the Sun

My apologies if this saying sounds a bit vague. I admit, I did not offer much in the way of explanation. So I will now try to elaborate, as best as I can, the meaning behind these sacred words. When I say that We are One under the Sun, I mean that all things, and all people, in all worlds and universes, are in fact the same, and should treat each other as such. I realize that this may seem impossible for some to accept, but I have come to see this saying as a good and noble truth. In fact, the single greatest truth in the history of the human race, and I felt it was important that I spread that message to others.

Understand, brothers and sisters, that we are a single family. Under the Lord, and on this planet, there is no real difference. We are made of the same material, the same likeness, the same mold. We think alike, we act alike, and we are One, as the Almighty made us. We experience the same pains, the same heartaches and despairs, and in this we are bonded, for tragedy has many children. We are connected, as well, to the Earth, for we have all been born from it, and the trees, the plants, the animals, share in this holy gathering. There is nothing in existence which can separate us if we do not let it, and if we come together as a whole, no force ever forged can break us apart. You may think you are alone, but have no fear, for you are not. If you reach out and seek your brethren, you will find them, for they are there. You have only to believe in what is good and what is right, and in the end you will succeed, for those who care can never fail.

So that, my friends, is the meaning behind the saying, and I hope you will embrace it and see it as your own. In my opinion, we are born so that we may become something better, and we can only accomplish that through struggle and strife. Yet, if we join hands in the hardship of the journey, we will lighten the burden upon us, and ease the suffering for each other. We will be as God intended, and share in the glory of the cause. We will be One under the Sun, in all ways and for all time.

Thank you for allowing me to explain. I hope I was able to help you understand.

Be well,

Vincent Spada

3/16/07


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