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dingusjr
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since 2003-09-24

Posts 415
Missouri

0 posted 2003-09-28 09:26 PM

I remember you, Gabby Hayes
old grizzled geezer,
with face like brown burlap.
Your beard dangles in the saddlebags
of forgotten old movies.

Where are they now, Gabby Hayes?
The ones with the white-horsed hero
who shot straight and often
and never reloaded.
And you, the trusty side-kick
flashing your toothless mouth
and mumbling fake funny lines.

Where are the old films now, Gab?
They lie somewhere,
sprocket holes torn,
held together with splicing tape
and memories. Waiting,
Waiting for what?

Yet, I remember you, Gabby Hayes,
grizzled old timer.
I remember your films.

Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

1 posted 2003-09-28 09:28 PM

Yeah, me too... How could we ever forget?
Yet, on the other hand...how can so many
remember who never have known....

Does this mean I am getting o.l.d.?

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

2 posted 2003-09-28 09:30 PM

Gabby died in 1969...but it seemed to me he was like an uncle...perhaps because he was so much LIKE my own uncles....a

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

3 posted 2003-09-28 09:50 PM

Oh Hell! I'm so old, I met him. Of course, I also met a guy who fought at Shiloh in the Civil War. He was OLD!

Great poem for jogging memory. Thanks!

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

4 posted 2003-09-28 09:58 PM

Hey Icebox...I met Pappy Boyington...in person.

and when I met him, I thought he was old. I didn't realize, how young I was!

Bill Charles
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since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

5 posted 2003-09-28 10:08 PM

dingusjr - I too remember old Gabby Hayes, what a great write...

BC

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6 posted 2003-10-02 09:31 AM

And I remember THIS -- one of my favorite Larry poems of all time.

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n2dmystic
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since 2003-09-27

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beyond the doors of perception

7 posted 2003-10-02 11:19 AM

so do I. thanks for reminding me first thing this a.m. Good write,

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

8 posted 2003-10-02 11:22 AM

Thanks for the memories!

~ this is a reply from Bob Hope and Earth Angel!

dingusjr
Member

since 2003-09-24

Posts 415
Missouri

9 posted 2003-10-02 12:26 PM

Thanks all.......maybe there is a poem
in me for Bob Hope or Johnny Cash...
mmm..have to root in the closet for some
black. Larry

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