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Shake On Salt
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Shake On Salt |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
 Hands of passing years have torn this picture Its fingers have smudged the paper, And most of the gloss is gone From three summer-picnic faces. Caught, mid conversation; "Shake on salt" are words-I daydream, hear- Across lapsed time of more than half a century. The carpenter speaks-one child listens. But the pouter refuses, a sign of rebellion At the start of a new age...ripe Like the melon, that's just been opened; Different, but the same in ways. Where does that days light hide? Did it return to the sun from where it came? Or absorb into the vellum To forever mirror these images And capture them in time Moving them light speed When the album is opened, Reflecting off my eye? Whose shoulder was the sun peeking over Whose eye blinked behind the aperture, What finger snapped the Brownies shutter? Whose hands carried the film to the drugstore? Only that day knows for sure; The girls are grown up, They do not remember. The other Cannot tell from the grave. "Shake on salt", says he,I daydream... Note: The picture was taken in the early fifties..My wife is the girl on the right, on the left is her sister. In the middle of course is their "granddaddy",the carpenter. [This message has been edited by ice (05-14-2011 07:51 PM).] |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Very moving, Ford. The nostalgia of questions that can only be answered by those who are gone, shudders the heart. Owl |
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EmmaRose Senior Member
since 2011-03-02
Posts 1376Midwest |
The Brownie camera....ahhhhh, what a lovely memory I just had of my dad. And I thank you for this moment of awe, and yes, the world is beautiful  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Hah! Yes indeed, Shake on salt. Mellon ain't a melon without salt. Love these vintage shots. Loved your words as you tried to cope with yesterday, and did quite refreshingly. ~ Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill. ~ |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
excellent 'slice of life' and time write! a particularly fine line!!: "Where does that day's light hide" |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Blessed be the one who took this picture, it shows such a lovely scene! You developed this memory of long gone times most beautifully, dear Ford. Never knew that melon is tasted with salt! Once a Sicilian colleague brought fresh lemons and said they had to be tasted with some salt to display the full fragrance. So I think it's the same with the melon. Great work. Love, Margherita |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
These wonderful replys are a blessing.....:-) Owl--Emma Rose--JP--Secondhanddreampoet--Margherita. Thank you all so much...I love them all--And my wife will love what you all have said when she reads them.. Peace to all of you,and to all that you love.. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I thought I had responded to this... because I know the salt theory perhaps I just read it knowing I would return like a burp.   |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
"return like a burp" "now that there is funny, I don't care who you are.." sorry, your reply made me think of Larry the cable guy..lol Kidding aside, thanks for reading, and the reply.:-) [This message has been edited by ice (05-15-2011 06:15 AM).] |
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