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Blues Tripping (from Boyhood Tales)
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Blues Tripping (from Boyhood Tales) |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas 
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Blues Tripping (from Boyhood Tales) Blues tripping down through Southern Mississip peed on a telephone pole for lack of something better to do laughed when a car full of shouting whistling kids drove by really miss those summers with nothing to do Slow shuffled ditty-bopped down the asphalt Elvis tune dancing in my ear then 'strolled' with the best of 'em laughed at a stray thought stuck my thumb out waved it at the cars passing by hoping no one would stop Thumbs hung on the pockets of my jeans, white T-shirt socks black penny-loafers duck-tail and curly locks blowing in the wind summer of '59, my sixteenth life was good in America Fast forward - zoommmm the navy flys by so fast almost have to think about it to see the world I saw when I saw it - Marriage - kids - some things work some things don't pause for reflection here… Pause a little longer - still haven't seen my face and its fading even so Blues tripping - Slidell Louisiana the bar is one big room built on stilts above brackish green bayou water It shakes every time someone moves sways more like improves the motion in slow dancing makes you hug each other tighter (it's the excuse anyway) while Uncle Merle sings Today I Started Loving You Again Beer flows I wake up in bed with a woman I don't remember - "who are you" she asks we both laugh - make love again say goodbye - forever The ground rumbles in Southern California I'm tossed from the bed like so much dirt being shook from the sheets The walls sway I live on the fourth floor of this dilapidated hostel near Sunset and Vine - God help me if I ever get to the ground I'll never sleep above it again People died a hospital collapsed parts of the freeway fell glass littered the streets Los Angles - late sixties Blues tripping down through Southern Mississip summer of '59 my sixteenth life is good in America - wonder what it has in store for me? w.james beard, jr. © November 2001 [This message has been edited by jwesley (edited 11-08-2001).] |
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Startime Member Ascendant
since 2000-10-03
Posts 5918Canada |
WOW!!!This poem is filled with such emotion and talent for telling your life. Absolutely incredible. I felt like I was walking at your side. Wonderful.  I love it.Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Honestly, this was a great memory trip. I've slid into Slidell before, tho I never was stilted there. And I was there(in THE Valley) for the 60's Rock 'n Roll, both the music and the shakers. Seems like I've travelled 'round and back again, and somehow always end up in that SF Valley again....even if only in memories and poetry like this. A bit of nostalgia can be fun. And funny thing is, here I sit in a house on stilts...in Alaska, frozen to the ground for a while longer. [This message has been edited by Midnitesun (edited 11-08-2001).] |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Jimmy---Loved reading this...and I was there for that earthquake...pretty scary, they are. Interesting look back, my friend. |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
bravo!!!!*doreen peri rises from her seat to applaud* |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
EXCELLENT!!! ~I've loved you forever, in lifetimes before.~ |
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