9-27-55

Happy Birthday, Baby !!!

I used to joke 'n poke:

"You're as old as Rock 'n Roll,

and as young as Disneyland. "

You came in as

Albert Einstein, Theda Bara,

Charlie Parker, James Dean,

Cy Young and Carmen Miranda

were just making their exit.

A little bit of each of them

lived on through you...

They left us, content in knowing

that we were in good hands.

How I miss, how I'd kiss

the sweetness

of your good hands.

Happy Birthday Sis

We're all missing you so much dear Denise. I just wanted to wish you a happy birthday - I know you're off on a heavenly hike somewhere and I'm remembering your beautiful smile and hearty laugh.....I love you.
Neine

Better Than I Knew Myself

How...
why would a beauty
such as she fall
for a stumblebum
fool like me?

Love me...
All of me...
As if I’d no past ?
She didn’t care,
She never asked.

Maybe,
I made her laugh...
Well, not really.
Everything she did,
she did freely.

Up all night
listening

to heartbreak jazz,
Progressive jazz
Up with which
she would put
only so much!

“I gotta tell ya’:
Drum solos...?
Bass solos
and such....?
skat ‘n all that...?"

"Wait, here’s Louis 'n Ella.”

Suddenly: a stream...
a shovel of melodies,
showtunes, oldies...
dreams of life
and love from
the Big Band theora
comes over the air
and saves the night.

I stop what I’m doing.
Glazed, shot eyes shut,
I’m dancing with her again
In my mind we glide...
Outta sight.

She swirls, I sway,
She twirls, I . . . sway,
She smiles...I fall.
(“Damn it all”).
Then She’d say,
Above the laughter...

“You know you’re dreaming, right ? ”

I’m up all night,
after night, after...
"Isn't it a Lovely Day?"

June 16th, 2009
Denise, m'luv !
Muse who amused.
Happy Bloomsday
Bunny2Bear