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Open Poetry #49

Play it again Sam

Cari
Member
Posts 411
Englnand

0 posted 2015-12-08 05:11 AM

The Bowl, the Garden, I've played them all
Las Vegas in the September Fall
Caesars, Stardust, and the Sands
Obliging girls the one night stands
My face on all the magazines
Penthouse keys, stretch limousines
~
Still singing through my autumn years
Though the young don’t want to hear
My greying hair is touched with blue
I sing the old songs, nothing new
Though the voice is clear, the pitch still perfect
I’m booked to sing the granny circuit
~
But I’ll never quit the spotlight glare
Push me on in my old wheel chair
I’ll sing for a dollar or one thin dime
Strike up the band, just one more time
This ageing idol doesn't give a damn
So give me the intro, play it Sam

ice
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since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

1 posted 2015-12-08 11:27 AM

This could be set at Ricks, in Morocco, or Las Vegas...either way...Bogey got his point across, and so did you.

enjoyed

"Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance."
Carl Sandburg

Ticklefingers
Senior Member
Posts 710
Louisiana

2 posted 2015-12-08 01:34 PM

Such a fun read and tuned to perfection.

88's friend

She told me "play one for your supper Danny and maybe you'll get breakfast".

Pete_W
Member
Posts 185
Scotland (UK)

3 posted 2015-12-11 08:59 AM

About half way through I was thinking of Frank Sinatra, great read.
Thanks
Pete

Redstart
Senior Member

since 2014-05-16

Posts 535

4 posted 2016-08-15 09:26 PM

Love it. I bet you were born in a cross-fire hurricane?

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

5 posted 2016-08-16 09:03 AM

Hah! Love the positive attitude within the lines of the doozy of a poem. Bravo!Bravo!

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

6 posted 2016-08-18 07:43 AM

Excellent!

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

7 posted 2016-08-19 07:28 PM

You had me thinking Sinatra too. ~L

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