dcmarti1 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I am faced with having to sell my DC condo and move back to Southeast Texas for some family reasons. I am suddenly and painfully aware of this compleat change in my life by having to go back. ---------- VieillissementIt is Saturday night in East TexasAnd I'll be with Mary, Bob, and Carol.Since I have already served at The Mass,The night might bring me Bela or Boris.I am nine and we still have black & white:The antenna is at least twelve feet tall.I'll have Count Chocula the next morningAnd then I'll go swimming in the gully.I have not yet started to cut the grass,or to wash the car, or to do laundry;I'll just make more memories to forget. ---------Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, Carol Burnett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdelano Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Seems you were a pampered child--not to say you wore Pampers. ;) I loved those shows with talented actors who never seemed to be acting. All were comedic geniuses. How the world has changed. Thanks for the nostalgic trip. Paco P.S. Now here's an appropriate brand(y) name: Courvoisier Erte Vieillissement Cognac - Bottle 4 Vieillissement (Aging), launched in 1991, symbolizes the aging process as a robed female emerging from darkness, displaying a series of oak barrels through parted robes. fdh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 The sadness of: "I'll just make more memories to forget." Is poignant and beautiful, and in that one line the aging process is singularly defined. A truly exceptional piece. Juris Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmarti1 Posted August 26, 2013 Author Share Posted August 26, 2013 The sadness of: "I'll just make more memories to forget." Is poignant and beautiful, and in that one line the aging process is singularly defined. A truly exceptional piece. Juris Thanks, Juris. This is the first time I tried to be clever (I hope so). I wrote it to sound almost ambiguous: did I write it at age 9 looking forward, or did I write it now looking backward? Glad you enjoyed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Never been to Texas but for some reason your poem caused me to recall the sombre mood of "The Last Picture Show" rather than that song "All my ex's live in Texas!" :-) I'm sure it's a wonderful place and I wish you well. B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmarti1 Posted August 29, 2013 Author Share Posted August 29, 2013 I'm sure it's a wonderful place and I wish you well. B. At least I get along with my family, so that aspect will be fine. It will be economics that must be overcome.....Perhaps I'll just sell a book of poems! :) Thanks, B. Hope you are well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedalus Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Excellent evocation of another time, with each line and word in place. Good luck with the move! Quote Drown your sorrows in drink, by all means, but the real sorrows can swim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmarti1 Posted August 31, 2013 Author Share Posted August 31, 2013 Thank you for the good luck, and for reading & compliment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W. Parsley Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Life comes at us fast and unexpected, doesn't it? I wish you well in Texas, dc, with no uninivited Karloffs or Lugosis bumping in the night. May it all be Marys, Bobs, and Carols! Nice poem done while in the midst of the situation - something I am rarely able to do. Compliments and Well Wishes! - Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Bumping it, Marti. I wanted to comment on this one way back when you posted it. It's very much to my liking and reminds me a lot of a favorite poem, "1926," by Weldon Kees. Tony Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmarti1 Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 .....and reminds me a lot of a favorite poem, "1926," by Weldon Kees. Tony Read the Kees' poem. I don't know why but it immediately struck me as eerie and dreadful - as is FULL OF DREAD, not dreadfully written! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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