Replied to the wrong woman, too, it would seem!
Ken, liked the poem - and could relate to it. I danced at my son's wedding
with the woman I had cause to loathe. We shuffled around and barely spoke. I
almost ran when the music stopped! We could start an anthology of such poems
... Anthols are all the rage!
Andrew
On 14 November 2010 08:31, Ken Wolman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Whoops. Replied to the wrong email. Sorry.
>
> Ken
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> Ken Wolman http://awfulrowing.wordpress.com/
>
> "All writers are hunters, and parents are the most available prey."
> --Francine du Plessix Gray
>
> On Nov 13, 2010, at 7:29 PM, Ken Wolman wrote:
>
> > Cool. You got a phone number that preferred?
> >
> > Ken
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> > Ken Wolman http://awfulrowing.wordpress.com/
> >
> > "All writers are hunters, and parents are the most available prey."
> > --Francine du Plessix Gray
> >
> > On Nov 13, 2010, at 6:36 PM, Ken Wolman wrote:
> >
> >> WEDDING DAY LAMENT
> >>
> >> What if our children, overcoming reason,
> >> take it into their heads to violate sense
> >> and marry?
> >>
> >> They will forget the lessons of their parents' marriage:
> >> vituperation, anger, the endless revenge that
> >> works itself out in nothing but money
> >> even when there isn't any.
> >>
> >> i can barely remember her face
> >> but can recall the faces of those who came
> >> before and those who came during and after,
> >>
> >> But I pay only for her.
> >>
> >> Will I have to have the first dance
> >> with her? Can either of us stand it,
> >> to touch as though touch were
> >> some sort of penance,
> >> of skin-blistering forgiveness
> >> albeit momentary,
> >>
> >> or will it be a stuff-armed
> >> ritual tango surrounded
> >> by swirling bridal gowns
> >> and formals, neither of us
> >> daring to look at the other
> >>
> >> the ultimate human sacrifice,
> >> the DJ playing "Paint It Black"
> >> as we slide on grease
> >> across the floor?
> >>
> >> --------------
> >> Ken Wolman http://awfulrowing.wordpress.com/
> >>
> >> "All writers are hunters, and parents are the most available prey."
> >> --Francine du Plessix Gray
>
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Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
'Mother Waits for Father Late' republished available at
http://www.picaropress.com/
http://www.qlrs.com/poem.asp?id=766
http://frankshome.org/AndrewBurke.html
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