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Sweet Sounds

The b ba baaa backbeat of backup beeps and the engine rroarrrrs join the whizz of rubber wheels and the lingering laughter of lovers at the intersection The beep-beep tootelie-toots of arriving transit buses tickles the funny-bone of morning waking somnambulant walkers who dot the sidewalk below my perch, even the slap of skate-boards and the clinking tweeter od metal shopping carts makes music… Each raucous sound rattles the single-paned windows of clap-board relics pinging off plaster, vibrating through ancient oak floors coming home to roost in the mingled fragrance of brownies and mary jane.

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Carrie Richards

Date: 7/13/2012 9:20:00 PM

How hilarious it is that I wrote my Dragon Tale poem (wearing my Mary Jane shoes)...and you wrote your Potted plant tale wearing your Mary Jane shoes. Neither of us knowning the other had those same shoes in our poems....GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE LOL! And yes...I also believe very strongly in ESP....I seriously think that is an untapped resourse...it happens all the time to me with certain people! (I'm not sure you will take that as a compliment or not LOL!!)

Carrie Richards

Date: 7/13/2012 5:19:00 PM

And yes....recollection takes me back to those ads of Buster Brown with his dog....and trying on both Buster Brown shoes, and Mary Jane shoes ....sticking my little feet in those x-ray machines to see how well they fit!! (Long before they realized the hazards of all those x-rays!!) We thought it was a thrill to see our bony little feet through that peep hole viewer!

Carrie Richards

Date: 7/13/2012 5:15:00 PM

Thanks for the challenge, Deb!! I learned what you probably already knew !! LOL !Mary Jane was a character created by Richard Outcault for his comic strip, Buster Brown, which was first published in 1902. She was the sister of the title character, Buster Brown. In 1904, Outcault traveled to the St. Louis World's Fair and sold licenses to up to 200 companies to use the Buster Brown characters to advertise their products. Among them was the Brown Shoe Company, who later hired actors to tour the country, performing as the Buster Brown characters in theaters and stores. This strategy helped the Brown Shoe Company become the most prominently associated brand with the Buster Brown characters. The style of shoe both Buster Brown and Mary Jane wore came to be known by her name, Mary Jane.

Carrie Richards

Date: 7/13/2012 2:33:00 PM

I feel I am often repeating myself with words to describe your writes....but your poems are never ordinary. That is what I love so much. Which makes me more than honored when you like or choose a poem of mine in your contests. I am always thrilled to have your approval. (THANK YOU!). This poem helps me remember undoing the little silver buckle of my mary jane's, after climbing up the concrete porch steps, and in through the old screen door after a day at school.

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 7/13/2012 6:34:00 AM

Wow where did this week go? I am reading some amazing poetry this morning. It was a pleasure to read yours and I thank you for sharing it Debbie. Have a great weekend and I will be back Monday to read more. Love, Carol

Robert Ludden

Date: 7/12/2012 3:32:00 PM

I like the poem. Your onomotapoetic tendencies may be a little much, but you do employ them effectively, I'll have to admit. Watch those mary jane dreams--the republicans will be after you!

Debbie Guzzi
Date: 7/12/2012 3:49:00 PM

I don't think there are republicans in san francisco??? LOL oh maybe they OWN the medical marijuana stores!! I bet!