I suspect a bit of going for the jurgen
2009/10/8 Angel Marquez <[log in to unmask]>
> yea, i hope jurgen organized a few mistress encounters so the poor ole chap
> could truly rest in peace. not knowing his recently widowed half cougar
> half
> milf life partner would have the nerve and so quickly have a replacement
> stand in to pay her last respects at his grave.
> c'mon joodlizer! that's not love. that's total b*tch gold digger syndrome.
>
> what do you think jurgen's best mates thought of the old lady bringing her
> new shag to the send off.
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Brian Hawkins <[log in to unmask]
> >wrote:
>
> > Thanks Judy,
> >
> > you've clarified some elements of this entertaining poem that I was a bit
> > puzzled by. I took the final line to be some sort of snide or sarcastic
> > reference to the wife having taken a new lover (pre Jurgen's decease?)
> and
> > couldn't quite work it out. Also: why the specificity of "2 October"?
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > --- On Wed, 7/10/09, Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > From: Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: snap: HIS BEST SHIRT
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Received: Wednesday, 7 October, 2009, 11:30 PM
> >
> > Thanks Partick, Angel, and Andrew; it's terrific to know the snap may've
> > hit
> > a resonant chord, and to know just where it might've resonated.
> > The men and women I've known and loved most have the Jurgen tendency---as
> > well as the K,J and F tendency. Kind of like "penny wise and pound
> > foolish", it's universal.
> >
> > Good laugh, Andrew! A thought: Females throw away their partners' stuff
> > with impunity, but a male wouldn't dare do it with hers. Hmm....
> >
> > And Angel, you nailed it: Frances loved Jurgen. Her words at his
> funeral
> > were a tribute to him; she'd had no need to replace him because he wasn't
> > "broke" [meaning she'd always been sexually and sensually drawn to him].
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Judy
> >
> > 2009/10/7 andrew burke <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> > > I understand the man, and I understand the poem. (I save things and my
> > wife
> > > throws them out - somewhat quickly for my taste.) If I complain, I may
> be
> > > next ...
> > >
> > > 2009/10/7 Angel Marquez <[log in to unmask]>
> > >
> > > > at least she waited it out.
> > > > stacking and labeling resonated well with the tone of voice the key
> > > phrase
> > > > conjured.
> > > >
> > > > the red ribbon and bow are killer.
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Judy Prince
> > > > <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > HIS BEST SHIRT
> > > > > Jurgen's spleen rejected waste
> > > > > the sort that his children and otherwise
> > > > > frugal wife quietly ordered online
> > > > >
> > > > > these substitutions for chronically ill
> > > > > but working computer towers, keyboards
> > > > > mouses, printers, cellphones, refrigerators
> > > > > mattresses, and eyeglasses
> > > > >
> > > > > insulted Jurgen who mantra'ed aloud
> > > > > "If it ain't dead, don't replace it," whilst
> > > > > Kelsey and Jane and Frances unboxed
> > > > > sleek grey metal electronic cubes and cords
> > > > >
> > > > > and Jurgen refused to sleep on any sheets
> > > > > younger than his daughters, could be depended
> > > > > upon for pieces of string
> > > > > as well as both local newspapers
> > > > > dating from the day they'd bought their home
> > > > > all which he carried to Dad's Room in the basement
> > > > > and gently stacked and labeled
> > > > >
> > > > > this living library of his life which his daughters
> > > > > [to themselves] called Dad's Mausoleum showed
> > > > > family and friends that which made him proud--
> > > > > his singular focus, healthy philosophy
> > > > > gentle triumph, his reassuring insistence
> > > > > on a conflated pragmatic aesthetic
> > > > >
> > > > > Discourageless, K, J and F put a shirt box
> > > > > beside his plate of birthday cake on 2 October
> > > > > their candle-blowing puckers especially energetic;
> > > > > Frances handed him his eyeglasses
> > > > > held together with paper clips, and he read
> > > > > their accompanying card assuring him
> > > > > it'd been 30 years since they'd first
> > > > > given him this white Oxford cloth button-down shirt
> > > > > so he could wear it now
> > > > >
> > > > > "But I already have white shirts I haven't worn;
> > > > > therefore we can keep this one for perhaps Christmas
> > > > > dinner with your cousins," Jurgen smiled with
> > > > > his happy solution, adding the red ribbon and bow
> > > > > to his careful collections
> > > > >
> > > > > at his funeral in November his wife
> > > > > remarked to her lover as they appraised
> > > > > the coffin'ed Jurgen in his splendid new shirt:
> > > > > "If it ain't broke, don't replace it."
> > > > >
> > > > > -------------------------------
> > > > > jbprince
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Andrew
> > >
> > > 'Beyond City Limits', pub. ICLL @ ECU, available at topnotch indie
> > > bookshops
> > > - list at http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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