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Redstart
Senior Member

since 2014-05-16

Posts 535

0 posted 2014-06-03 08:02 AM

He palmed it away
like a second-rate cardsharp;
slipped it behind his back
where only a lazy conscience
saw his selfish sleight of hand.
He spoiled the auburn-autumn
sheen of youth;
cut through sleeping memories
like a knife
through Sissel's vocal cords.
A sin, a sacrilege,
a smirking smear on the face of trust.
Then, he drank the empty half of full
as a whingeing plea to forgiveness.

But The Shenandoah had run dry.

She loved him, she truly did.
And she'd always known
that he'd loved Jennifer O'Neill,
in The Summer Of '42.
But he misunderstood the woman in her;
the way that women are.
And so he let go; listened to
These Are The Days.
Told her that Morrison was great,
but he'd find his own God:
his long-lost father.

Boredom wields a weight cosh;
a casual strike will bleed the restless.
Ruddy trickles of remorse,
that run the foolish face of fraud,
mark the collar of deceit
with an indelible, staining rouge.

Perhaps he'll have another drink?
Weep a streak of self-pity
down those falling cheeks?

No, I don't think so,
he's simply too tired.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2014-06-03 10:13 AM

I heard that too tired bit, Redstart. Sometime the tears are not worth the grief to call them up. I so loved this . . .

quote:
Ruddy trickles of remorse,
that run the foolish face of fraud,
mark the collar of deceit
with an indelible, staining rouge

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Rex Allen McCoy
Member Elite

since 2000-01-30

Posts 2863
Sippin a Timmy's in London

2 posted 2014-06-03 11:34 AM

Beautifully written, but so full of sad thoughts and memories. You're right about the idle mind dredging up past memories. Yet you capture the mood and memory superbly.

Enjoyed

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

3 posted 2014-06-03 12:13 PM

Hi Redstart, nice to read you! Very well written with lots of emotional impact. Thank you.

luminosity
Senior Member

since 2005-11-18

Posts 813

4 posted 2014-06-06 12:18 PM

love the way you write...so complex, full of imagery, makes me wish I could write like this...hmmmmmmmmm....great write

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

5 posted 2014-06-07 02:04 PM

Redstart, I love your thoughts brought up by old movies.I wish I knew what was in the mind of others as they watched those movies that we wanted to be real. Real in a way as they did bring our minds to think and try to improve the thoughts and actions of those old screen idols.
Enjoying these recent posts. Best to you, jo

[This message has been edited by latearrival (06-07-2014 07:44 PM).]

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