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JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30

Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

0 posted 2010-11-03 10:49 AM

whenever I think of her and I do from time to time
I think of mountains
Rocky Mountain Sweetheart
was Dee
the cold, cold winters in Cheyenne
were no match for the heat she radiated
my Mountain Girl
my lovely girl
my girl
1957
me stationed out at the Air Force Base
her a native
good family, met her parents
dad was an ex-sheriff
he looked the part
crotchety old man scared the hell outta me
but Dee could tame him
with a smile
ah, that quirky little smile
didn't tame me
made me wanna fight a Rocky Mountain Grizzly
for a taste of those lips
Dee didn't make me fight that grizzly
no, she tamed me in other ways
her way
I was rowdy back then
bordering on anti-social, that would come later
she used to kid me
about those girls in Ft. Collins
that was in Colorado
college town and good place for trolling
for women or a brawl
sometimes both
Clancy's was the hotspot for us in Ft. Collins
big on polka's
and girls on the half shell
Dee acted like she was put out
don't think she was
Dee was playing with me
she was, after all
older
whenever I think of her and I do from time to time
I think of mountains
Rocky Mountain Sweetheart

. . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$!

Eusta B. Mae
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since 2010-05-03

Posts 903

1 posted 2010-11-03 11:02 AM

JerryPat- what a cool trip with you down memory lane! I look forward to your reminiscings. ebm

Amaryllis
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since 2010-05-20

Posts 1306
Mi now

2 posted 2010-11-03 11:11 AM

Wonderful writing... you have a talent for voice and pace... I always enjoy your use of the page.

Best~
Amaryllis

JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30

Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

3 posted 2010-11-03 11:27 AM

EBM, when we reach a certain point in our lives memories outweigh the future handily. Thank you for reading mine today.

I appreciate your kind remark, Amaryllis. thank you very much.

. . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$!

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

4 posted 2010-11-03 04:16 PM

Enjoyed your memories, JerryPat. "That certain age in life" has its pros and cons but somehow or other the remembering is important. I'm not sure why yet but it will come to me I'm sure.

Helen

JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30

Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

5 posted 2010-11-03 04:24 PM

I think, Helen, that remembering is fun because we were happy and you and free and . . . On the other hand, there are those other memories that pester us also. We won't talk about those. thank you for reading and commenting on my poem.

. . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$!

s1nfully_1nn0c3nt
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since 2003-10-26

Posts 1105
Watertown, NY

6 posted 2010-11-03 06:53 PM

Enjoyed this.

-Trina.

"To decieve ones self, is truly a grueling battle. One which we're destined to lose."

Martie

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7 posted 2010-11-03 07:09 PM

JerryPat...I think about the past now and then, and the stories seem to change a bit as I change. This one of yours showed a younger you. I'm sure that you and the one you are now, have learned from eachother. Enjoyed reading.

JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30

Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

8 posted 2010-11-03 07:28 PM

Thank you Tina, it is always good to see you here.

Martie, of course the man (boy) I was then has little to do with the person I am as I sit here writing this to you. I must say, however, it took me a lot longer to understand life and its meaning. And yes, I know life's meaning. I was a rebel with a cause and kept it up until I forgot what the cause was all about, and that is when I realized life needn't be all that difficult. Thank you for your comments, Martie, very much.

. . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$!

martiniat8
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since 2003-06-21

Posts 897
Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic

9 posted 2010-11-03 08:41 PM

Nice story, Jerry.. well put

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

10 posted 2010-11-03 08:55 PM

JerryPat,

this is fairly good work.

bobby

JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30

Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

11 posted 2010-11-03 09:14 PM

Thank you, bobby, for that fairly good comment.

. . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$!

JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30

Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

12 posted 2010-11-03 09:15 PM

Thank you, martiniat8. True story. Long, long time ago.

. . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$!

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