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General-Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>> "General Zod"  wrote in message
>>> news:5301393b-c846-4146-aaa5-825cd2d952b7@googlegroups.com...
>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>
>>> > > > Seems a long time ago, Tina
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Staring at a picture book
>>> > > > as cellos saw away outside
>>> > > > Photographs of 1981
>>> > > > Seems very real to me
>>> > > > such a regal lady
>>> > > > but it is another land
>>> > > > far away
>>> > > > before I threw it all away
>>> > > > for her
>>> > > > I know that truth still echoes
>>> > > > and hurts
>>> > > > and just reminds me just how
>>> > > > confused the gambles made
>>> > > > could sometimes be.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Tina maybe some days
>>> > > > do you remember Dunkin' Dine
>>> > > > when we would go there
>>> > > > and play the little juke
>>> > > > box that was on all the tables?
>>> > > > George Harrison
>>> > > > remembered John and
>>> > > > "All those years ago."
>>> > > > Played The Who a lot:
>>> > > > as we looked into each others' eyes
>>> > > > and swore this would stick:
>>> > > > "You better, you better you bet!"
>>> > > > Six months later
>>> > > > all, and I do mean all...
>>> > > > was lost.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Tina like a painting
>>> > > > in my memory
>>> > > > with your long red cartoon hair
>>> > > > green tiger eyes
>>> > > > deep and pure with honesty
>>> > > > just about as tall as me
>>> > > > as we clinched together like
>>> > > > Leonard Cohen's crucifix
>>> > > > a raving beauty
>>> > > > of fire and ice and a sparkle of green.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Game for any games
>>> > > > I could think of
>>> > > > you were always taking
>>> > > > the photos
>>> > > > and rarely appeared in any
>>> > > > in Summer of 1981.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Now I wish I had insisted more
>>> > > > took the camera
>>> > > > to for a moment be an artist
>>> > > > so I could see you
>>> > > > just a little while
>>> > > > but then again no.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Because even now I know folks
>>> > > > who like
>>> > > > being the photographer
>>> > > > because that is being
>>> > > > the artist
>>> > > > of the work
>>> > > > and that was you
>>> > > > in Summer of 1981.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > I probably never mentioned
>>> > > > to you
>>> > > > at the time
>>> > > > since I'm not sure which of you
>>> > > > I was talking with
>>> > > > more that day
>>> > > > that I had a camera
>>> > > > filled with photos
>>> > > > of me and you
>>> > > > of me and Kathy and Clay
>>> > > > and those mutual cousins
>>> > > > in our scene.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > As always running in a hurry
>>> > > > with my mind
>>> > > > filled with doubt and worry
>>> > > > I left that camera
>>> > > > sitting on a table
>>> > > > at Church's Chicken
>>> > > > across the street
>>> > > > from the Varsity Jr. hot dog stand
>>> > > > on Lindburg Drive
>>> > > > second guessing as time passed by.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > It was out of my sight
>>> > > > for five minutes
>>> > > > flashing by
>>> > > > as I would expect now
>>> > > > 36 years of perspective later
>>> > > > it was gone
>>> > > > when I got back.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > I asked the employees
>>> > > > but nobody would admit
>>> > > > the camera
>>> > > > was ever there
>>> > > > it was only a few minutes
>>> > > > one of those employees
>>> > > > had to have
>>> > > > stolen that camera.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > This would be
>>> > > > a whole roll
>>> > > > of photos of us
>>> > > > from that same time period
>>> > > > these photos of
>>> > > > Summer 1981...
>>> > > > as we strolled
>>> > > > barefoot
>>> > > > on Cheshire Bridge Road
>>> > > >
>>> > > > And the shortcut
>>> > > > through the back streets
>>> > > > giggling
>>> > > > at the gay guys
>>> > > > outside Sweet Gum Head bar
>>> > > > two green haired
>>> > > > punk rock boys
>>> > > > kissing
>>> > > > declared their love
>>> > > > like we did
>>> > > > that month in Summer 1981.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Tina I see you closed
>>> > > > that picture book
>>> > > > that box filled with your
>>> > > > poetry and trinkets
>>> > > > from a bygone modern age
>>> > > > I see you waving goodbye
>>> > > > that was so long ago!
>>> > > >
>>> > > > -Will Dockery
>>> >
>>> > Thanks to you for the wondrous poetry Doc....
>>>
>>> I appreciate the endorsement, Zod.

> Good day to you Doc, Mike and I are enjoying the cool water on the rapids by the rocks, fun in the sun with my friend...!

Good evening, Zod, great weather for that.

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