And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
damn, dated a girl just like that over 50 years ago. talk about a blast from the past ! went to a seafood place and found out the hard way that I can not eat it. she never spoke to me again after that . I left for the army not too long after that.
Student often came in to the cafeteria early mornings while I was grading papers. Grew fonder and fonder of her as the days passed. Wrote this one day and slipped it into her English Lit folder when she went to put her tray back on the rack and dump her dishes.
Incognifox Spring 1989
Satisfying. That’s what she is Pleasant, not pretty Healthy, not heavenly Sensible, not sensual Durable, not delightful
One man’s treasure: Daddy’s. Red hair, green eyes White teeth, a bit askew and freckles! Everywhere . . . ? Somehow perfect, though, for her Heavy-duty body Off-the-rack clothing Just-out-of-my-eyes hair
No model, this . . . no starlet . . . no vision Just young woman . . . Everywhere!
No thousand ships here . . . no fights . . . no toasts No nonsense.
No young man’s fancy: Imitation as intellect Mimicry as maturity Violence as passion Laziness as leisure Snobbery as class
Real world lady: Person, not presentation Face, not composition Flesh, not fantasy Companion, not conquest Friend, not fox
But I can see her With these hardened lenses Past these shortened arms While younger men prowl . . . And I can love her With these softer standards In these longer views While younger men scowl
And I know her . . . now . . . And she never has to know . . . now . . . And she knows their minds Before they know themselves But they never know each other.
Actually, for me, dating red heads a good portion of my life and then marring one 30 years and running...red heads tend to act like Mt Vesuvius. They hold stuff in and then after a while, they explode in a rage.
Luscious!
ReplyDeletedamn, dated a girl just like that over 50 years ago. talk about a blast from the past ! went to a seafood place and found out the hard way that I can not eat it.
ReplyDeleteshe never spoke to me again after that . I left for the army not too long after that.
Student often came in to the cafeteria early mornings while I was grading papers. Grew fonder and fonder of her as the days passed. Wrote this one day and slipped it into her English Lit folder when she went to put her tray back on the rack and dump her dishes.
ReplyDeleteIncognifox Spring 1989
Satisfying.
That’s what she is
Pleasant, not pretty
Healthy, not heavenly
Sensible, not sensual
Durable, not delightful
One man’s treasure: Daddy’s.
Red hair, green eyes
White teeth, a bit askew
and freckles! Everywhere . . . ?
Somehow perfect, though, for her
Heavy-duty body
Off-the-rack clothing
Just-out-of-my-eyes hair
No model, this . . . no starlet . . . no vision
Just young woman . . . Everywhere!
No thousand ships here . . . no fights . . . no toasts
No nonsense.
No young man’s fancy:
Imitation as intellect
Mimicry as maturity
Violence as passion
Laziness as leisure
Snobbery as class
Real world lady:
Person, not presentation
Face, not composition
Flesh, not fantasy
Companion, not conquest
Friend, not fox
But I can see her
With these hardened lenses
Past these shortened arms
While younger men prowl . . .
And I can love her
With these softer standards
In these longer views
While younger men scowl
And I know her . . . now . . .
And she never has to know . . . now . . .
And she knows their minds
Before they know themselves
But they never know each other.
And nobody wins.
I’m an old man and that even creeps me out a bit.
DeleteI love and adore her hair, her eyes and her freckles. I am not so sure about the lips. They look a bit "enhanced."
ReplyDeleteWowzer, what a beauty. She is a keeper just based on her natural beauty. BobT
ReplyDeleteShe looks like she tends to be mean as hell while she is gold-digging.
ReplyDeleteI didn't need my soul anyway...
ReplyDeleteActually, for me, dating red heads a good portion of my life and then marring one 30 years and running...red heads tend to act like Mt Vesuvius. They hold stuff in and then after a while, they explode in a rage.
ReplyDeleteStunningly gorgeous, just wow…
ReplyDeleteThis one burned my eyes.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! However, if she had green eyes........
ReplyDeleteHer sister does.
DeleteWho that?
DeletePhwoar
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