Blue Nun Music

The dilapidated décor,
and Sergeant Pepper
wore the same tones.

Burgundy stocking
hung on a lava lamp,
A poster of Leonard Cohen
as a young man.

Paddington apartments
travel by train unhurried by time.
A girl drinking Liebfraumilch
waiting for me to come home
with a used album of Rubber Sole

We had vinyl prayer-wheels,
a laminated love affair.
We had red and yellow music;
bottles of Blue Nun wine.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019



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Date: 10/13/2019 7:33:00 PM
there is something about decor that stands out in the mind. the 60's and 70's with those gold and greens...loved the way you penned this one.. good write!
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Eric Ashford
Date: 10/13/2019 7:41:00 PM
Thanks Sandra, it was "the best of times and the worst of time". Fun to be young again, if only in poetry.
Date: 10/13/2019 2:43:00 PM
What a lovely nostalgic poem, Eric. Wonderful!
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Eric Ashford
Date: 10/13/2019 2:50:00 PM
Thank you Line Gauthier, I'm guessing that you are of a certain age to recall those times! Obliged to you for the comment.
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