The Place She Used to Lie

                                                                                                                                                                                                                

                                                                         

                                                    1963 - 2023

                                                           💔

 

 O-

ver

Twen-

Ty

Two

Thou-

Sand

Days

 

Broken labyrinths

Of all you needed,

All you wanted,

All you can

Remember

And may never

Fully

Forget

 

 

All all all

 

Word air bubbles:

   Benedictions,

     Maledictions,

       Requests,

         Whispers and

            Promises

          

Holy holy holy

 

Lights wink and blink and stare

At a dead black eye,

The place she used to lie,

And keep vigil for all her children

 

Queens and princesses,

Enclouded in Tyrian purple and

Sweeping airily thru the dying Syringa,

Flocked ‘round her essence

 

Holy holy holy

 

Flora will arrive later

And bless the eye with her tears,

Shocked at the finality of her victory

 

But the plebiscite bought her

A new dress

And wolf-whistled

When she tried it on

 

 

And

Somewhere,

Suddenly somewhere,

On a summer sidewalk

A little girl

Laughs, cries,

Whoops, hollers, spins,

Leaps, skips, dances

Then

Stops

(Mostly ‘cause she’s dizzy),

Smooths out her skirts,

Gathers up her books,

Tugs urgently at your damp fingers,

Wielding a dimpled ice cream smile,

And hurries away down

To another

Special

Place

 

Follow her

 

DB/10.2023

              

Music: "Passing Afternoon" by Iron & Wine               

                                           

Regifts

 

 Repeat the Sounding Joy: The Best of Candy Cane Hard and Snowfall Soft 

                                                    2023 Mix 

 

1. Happy Hanukkah - Matisyahu

 

2. Christmas All Over Again - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3. Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson

4. White Is in the Winter Night - Enya

5. This Christmas - Donny Hathaway

6. Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano

7. Angels We Have Heard on High - Peter Breinholt

8. The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) - Nat King Cole

9. Butter (Holiday Remix) - BTS

10. Jingle Bell Rock - Daryl Hall & John Oates

11. A Christmas To Remember - Amy Grant

12. Candlelight Carol - John Rutter, Cambridge Singers, 

                                                    City of London Sinfonia

13. Skating - Vince Guaraldi

14. It Doesn't Often Snow at Christmas - Pet Shop Boys

15. A Christmas Carol Main Title - Alan Silvestri

16. All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey

17. A Marshmallow World - Johnny Mathis

18. Christmas Memories - She & Him

19. Happy, Happy Christmas - Ingrid Michaelson

20. Christmas Lights - Coldplay

21. Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) - Ramones

22. Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney

23. The Bell That Couldn't Jingle - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

24. Medley: Deck the Halls/The Twelve Days of Christmas - Kenny G

25. Peace (Where The Heart Is) (feat. Collin Raye) - Jim Brickman

26. Kenyan Christmas Carol - Phil Passen

27. The Holly and the Ivy - Andreas Vollenweider, et al.

28. White Christmas - Bing Crosby, et al.

29. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - Set MacFarlane

30. Let There Be Peace On Earth - Voyce Boxing

31. Auld Lang Syne - Mannheim Steamroller

DB/12.7.2023

Happy holidays, everyone! Be OK and have another fun and spectacular season! See you next year!🎄🎅⛄🍗🍷🎆