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How are you, Jenny Lou?
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How are you, Jenny Lou? |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA 
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When we were only six years old, you lived just down the street And, though I wasn't much on girls, I thought you pretty neat. You always had a happy smile; your hair hung down in curls. You liked to punch and run around, not like the other girls. When we were nine, my dad got transferred down to Cooper's Glen. I said goodbye, not knowing I would not see you again. I sit here now, at fifty, and your face comes into view I wonder how you've lived your life - How are you, Jenny Lou? Did you do well in high school? I remember you were smart. Did you perfect that happy smile to break a million hearts? Or were you more the shy type, one who never spoke at all Who buried feelings strong and deep behind a concrete wall? How often did you fall in love? Were you married? Surely so And, if the marriage ended, did he leave - or did you go? Did you spend nights crying hopelessly to take the pain away Or did you find that perfect man that you're still with today? Did you have any children? Was the childbirth smooth or hard? Did you grow up religious...go to church and praise the Lord? Do you still have that smile I loved when you were only six Or are you scarred by broken dreams not even time can fix? Did you grow to be beautiful? I remember as a child The world seemed to be nicer each and every time you smiled. Or did things not turn out so well for that child I once knew And so I wonder, once again, how are you, Jenny Lou? I know what's happened in my life - events that I've gone through, The joys, the woes, and on it goes....the death and sickness, too. We all have hills to conquer in our effort to survive. Had you had strength to conquer yours? Are you even still alive? I can't believe that, somehow, after forty years has passed Your smiling face and bouncing curls have come to mind at last. I wonder if you've thought of me for some brief spell or two Recalling happy times we had - How are you, Jenny Lou? |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
M&M - You're awesome - Have I told you that yet today??? We all have a long lost best friend like Jenny. We really should just get it together and find them - don't ya think??  |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Balladeer, I have hade the same thoughts and I wonder to The only difference was her was not Jenny Lou A great piece . |
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Poet deVine
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since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Dear sir, I read the letter you sent to Jenny Lou I must reply in kind, as hard as it is to do. There is no longer a Jenny Lou she passed away today But at the end she spoke of you, a friend with whom she’d play She lay dying of cancer and I held her close to me she told me of her home, and remembered it all you see. Each playful jab and poke you got was just a way she had She loved that little boy you were even when you were bad She asked me to send this ribbon that tied her golden hair and tell you that she thought of you at night in each small prayer You ask a lot of questions only one answer can I send she was my mother, I loved her, she was my hero to the end. (Balladeer, all I can say is you inspired me! A gift few have!) [This message has been edited by Poet deVine (edited 08-27-99).] |
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DreamEvil Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 2396 |
Revered Elder, Way to rock! ------------------ Shall I indulge in flights of fancy hampered by clipped wings? DreamEvil© |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Thank you all very much DeVine, awesome as usual! |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
This was great Balladeer. I for one think you should try and find her, it would be neat! Now you got us all thinking of those past, lost people in our lives! Thanks!!! |
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Cinderella Member
since 1999-06-23
Posts 152Arizona |
Balladeer and deVine, Tonight you both brought tears to my eyes, Among those raindrops heartbreaking sighs! Wonderfully done. |
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Terri Member
since 1999-08-08
Posts 82Turtle Creek, PA |
Be careful what you wish for...I was reunited with a dear childhood friend in a most peculiar way. She turned out to be a bill collector for JC Penney's...ACK! How embarrassing : ) |
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RainbowGirl Member Elite
since 1999-07-31
Posts 3023United Kingdom |
Wow!..Makes me want to hug you..:-)) HUGS ------------------ You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. |
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Elizabeth
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Member Ascendant
since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
Awesome! I really liked reading this one, Balladeer. One chance in a million that Jenny Lou will see this, but I sure hope she does. ------------------ *Elizabeth* "Dwelt a maid belov'd and cherish'd by high and low, But with autumn leaf she perish'd, long time ago..." |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
If we passed each other on the street Would we know the person we longed to meet? Or would time have erased the child we once knew? Is that stranger someone once important to you? Excellent poem, 'Deer one... |
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Elizabeth
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Member Ascendant
since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
For some reason, this poem was running through my head, so I had to find it! Elizabeth |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
'Deer, consider reposting, please? and PdV...if you're looking...we could use your reply again... |
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Elizabeth
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Member Ascendant
since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
Moving this into my library.  Elizabeth |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Too good to leave another ten years. |
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