so I am reading, The Voice by James Kaplan. Those that don’t know by now, I am a Sinatra fan and I like to read- so there you have it, a nearly perfect union on my mind 😉
The biography is wonderful to read and has a flow as smooth and flavorful as the Jack Daniel’s Mr. S & I prefer as our poison. Well, in the book I read a chapter last night that talked about the song A Foggy Day. Now I adore this song and had my own theory as to why it sounded the way it did- actually I was wrong but more on that some other time. In any case the feeling the song gives you is actually something I got right- score one for the Cookie! Anyhoo, the song gave me the idea to write a poem which I will Attempt here, lol.
A foggy day I met you there-
in back of a truck
it was our luck
that brought us to the airport
that night in the spring
our laughter meant everything.
A foggy day I saw you there-
in the mail room
with thoughts in bloom
a snake wrapped in my arms
we meant you no harm
a spark of chatter ignited everything.
A foggy day I saw you there-
noise all around
my heart hit the ground?
I was probably drunk
you were too?
– doesn’t matter, I still adore you.
A foggy day and you weren’t there-
fear, heart and spark of two minds
left me behind.
Each time I write
with warmth or gore in ample supply
I search in vain for what made me go blind.
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