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Frank Sinatra
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Fleeting
Autumn's a funny season. It's always remembered for the changing colors of natures garments. But that is, in reality only a short part of Autumn. This week, the first week of November, about one week after this photo was taken, the leaves are almost 100% down (gone, kaput). Autumn starts in September when leaves are still green and by the second week of October the change in leaf color escalates and you blink and it's over. The rest of Autumn (the majority) is marked by dark skies, rainy (or snowy) weather and bare trees. I suppose that's what make Autumn colors so special - the brevity. It's temporary status. Trying to hold on to it is like trying to hold water in your hand. It slips away of it's own accord, in it's own time and is gone. Kinda like life.
marshmallow world
I was born at the wrong time. Why? I’ve always loved the las vegas night club scene of the 50s and 60’s. Of course the “Rat Pack” ruled supreme. An early fantasy in my teens was to be a night club singer like Sammy Davis Jr, Dean Martin or Frank Sinatra. But that was the late 70’s and the scene was passing and disco ruled the airwaves. Television was the last stand for many in the Rat Pack, with members appearing or making guest appearance on TV shows, movies etc. Dean Martin even had his on Variety Show. Oh well, dem’s the way the chips fall.
At any rate you can enjoy this duet between Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra from Dean’s television variety show.
poem to the world
We Did It Our Way (6/14/2020)
For all those around the world
who have have been sickened and harmed by
America’s bigotry
America’s duplicity
America’s meddling
into your lives, your governments, your countries
this legacy of self-interest
“I don’t think there are any Russians
and there ain’t no Yanks
Just corporate criminals
Playin’ with tanks”
“The child of hatred comes of age…
The sad neglect will surely take its toll…
Violent times”(*)
For all those around the world
who have prayed
prayed in earnest and
prayed continually
“A plague upon America.”
“Death to America!”
or cried out “when will it end?”
God has heard you and
God has answered
I can tell you
with more coronavirus cases
and deaths
than any other country in the world
with social unrest
caused by a pandemic, racism, inconsistent values,
police brutality and failed leadership
I can tell you
that you may feel confident
you did not have to lift a finger
you did not need to attack us
God has heard your prayers
and like the tower of Babel
Our “language” has become confused
like the walls of Jericho
all you had to do was blow your horns
we have come crashing down
the modern Rome is falling
you did not have to lift a finger
you did not need to attack us
let the ruin be a lesson
We did it our way
We did it to ourselves
* 2nd stanza quotes taken from The Call’s eerily prescient album MODERN ROMANS (1983)
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