tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216178856677207859.post4556358216722984960..comments2023-10-14T11:05:04.581-04:00Comments on Capitol Cougar: And There Were Those Who Did the Double BumpSally Wildehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14818000777385527996noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216178856677207859.post-34951389469755918272009-12-21T23:19:03.629-05:002009-12-21T23:19:03.629-05:00by the way, this poem (lyrics?) likely is not fini...by the way, this poem (lyrics?) likely is not finished. It seems to need work, some clean-up, maybe more. just did it out on the road the past few days. . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216178856677207859.post-34367421592797343912009-12-21T21:14:40.107-05:002009-12-21T21:14:40.107-05:00-- J.S.-- J.S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216178856677207859.post-19163247050070710452009-12-21T21:12:39.047-05:002009-12-21T21:12:39.047-05:00I like that.
Mine, new:
She had a name
like an...I like that. <br /><br />Mine, new: <br /><br />She had a name<br />like an English ballad<br />She liked grilled shrimp<br />and papaya salad<br />She wore her hair <br />pulled back in a band<br />She wrote with her right<br />but gave her left hand<br /><br />I knew every detail<br />I still hear her sound<br />I know the exact place<br />she lies underground<br />All that she left me<br />were sad memories<br />that float up like wood<br />from ships lost at sea<br /><br />The love that we shared<br />was half make-believe<br />She had a man<br />that she never would leave<br />Then when she died<br />he and I were the same<br />wandering aimlessly crying her name<br /><br />No girl should die<br />when she's just twenty-eight<br />I visit her grave<br />and stay till it's late<br />I write her sad poems<br />and leave tears on the page<br />And as I grow old<br />she's forever her ageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com