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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America 
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 Free Music In the debris of my thoughts There are sundry things I thought I'd lost I found them today Although I hadn't planned to search Shoulda let well enough alone And not drug out trinkets I'd saved of our time together Brenda Lee performance ticket stubs Years before A Bloodrock concert in a cow pasture Didn't need tickets for that one, just show up Those were fun times Nobody can belt 'em out like Brenda And it still chills me when I listen to DOA Ah, but those are not the only memories I have many Our first chaste, shaky kiss Turned into a battle of tongues As we waited to be seated at a restaurant Where later At the watering hole you tried to keep up with me Put your fingers to my mouth Said, Guess where they've been Scandalous you might say But not so much It was the swinging sixties' Just wait until I get you back to the house You said, with a promising leer But you passed out on my shoulder On the drive home Oh, those days Those wonderful crazy days History now Something for me to think about Sometimes like now We bought a house Out in Oak Cliff On Westmoreland G.I. loan Nice three-bedroom brick Too bad it wasn't to be Nothing worked out for us, did it Things turned bad Then got worse Last I heard you were in Waco I hope you found what you needed You said once No woman could tame me What could I say to something like that You laughed that infectious laugh I'm chuckling now Wishing you knew I finally did settle down Sorta I can hear you saying Old man time settled you down Not a woman Except for my memories, Virginia I have one picture left of you You were standing behind me As I knelt in the back of the Grand Prix I was grinning; you had that quirky smile on Precious We used to say I love you A lot Couldn't keep our hands off each other I did love you I know you loved me too One other thing I love these old memories ~ What's The Difference Between Roast Beef And Pea Soup? / Anyone Can Roast Beef. ~ |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Enjoyed wandering through your trinket box. Owl |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Haha! Thanks Owl. Trinkets. What would we do without them. ~ What's The Difference Between Roast Beef And Pea Soup? / Anyone Can Roast Beef. ~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Just too cool Jerry! You paint the highlights with the same palet you paint your shadows...beautiful. Lori |
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steavenr Member Elite
since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058 |
excellent write, Jerry...I don't think there is anything more joy-filled and melancholic at the same time as memories...and you have shared yours vividly...thanks for letting us look over your shoulder as you paged through the scrapbook of your life |
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faithmairee Senior Member
since 2011-01-05
Posts 1441Poe Haven, USA |
a beautiful and moving poem...i enjoyed it much  There must be a poem in here somewhere. |
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DrinaLove Junior Member
since 2010-12-23
Posts 30California |
aww i loved it |
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Andrew Scott Member Elite
since 1999-06-24
Posts 2558Redlands,CA,USA |
Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Jerry. I particularly liked the way you openned this piece up. I've got a few of those old ticket stubs floatin' around myself. By the way, enjoyed the use of the picture. It adds a nice element. Peace. "We'll chase them like rats across the tundra." |
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