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Red Leather Jacket

Blood started pumping
                     At the very thought
I saw it in the window
              Was the first thing that I bought

Had been workin' part time
                     And I saved up all my cash 
I really wanted something hot,
                      That had a little flash

And when I tried it on
              Started shaking, couldn’t hack it
I could feel the slick seduction
                      Of my red leather jacket

It was fire engine red
                     Double snaps at the cuff
With the zipper slanted sideways
                     I was really hangin’ tough

And for many years to follow
                   When I dressed to impress
That jacket saw some action
                  Worn, but sexy none the less

Though now, it’s just a memory
                            I can still get a rush
Thinking bout’ that leather jacket
                In it’s red hey day, full flush

     
     
3/5/18

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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Date: 3/6/2018 9:51:00 AM
Great memory of your jacket... you must have been a bit like the Fonz lol
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Mike Gentile
Date: 3/6/2018 11:17:00 AM
Thanks but not nearly as cool!!!!!
Date: 3/6/2018 9:22:00 AM
Mike, I LOVE this. It takes me back-- WAAAY back to the late sixties and early seventies to bell-bottom jeans. (I'm 66.) Janice
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Mike Gentile
Date: 3/6/2018 11:17:00 AM
Thanks Janice, I am 64 and I loved the seventies!
Date: 3/6/2018 8:49:00 AM
Very cool memory! Very nicely written, Mike!
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Mike Gentile
Date: 3/6/2018 8:50:00 AM
Thanks, Kim!!
Date: 3/6/2018 7:10:00 AM
Enjoyed reading your story about the jacket..you make simple subjects shine..great poem, Mike.
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Mike Gentile
Date: 3/6/2018 7:28:00 AM
Thank Vijay, I really appreciate you kind words of support !!!!!
Date: 3/6/2018 4:18:00 AM
Happy days Mike, I bet the old magic is still there. Great rhyme .
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Mike Gentile
Date: 3/6/2018 7:27:00 AM
Thank Tom, I would dearly love to see it once more !!!
Date: 3/6/2018 12:56:00 AM
Phwoar I bet you looked hot hot hot mike:-) fabulous imagery :-) hugs Jan xx
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Mike Gentile
Date: 3/6/2018 7:27:00 AM
Thank Jan, I only wish that I had a pic of it xxoo
Date: 3/5/2018 7:02:00 PM
Lovely read, Mike. So easy to relate and feel that pride. Well done.
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Mike Gentile
Date: 3/5/2018 7:26:00 PM
Thank you, Line xxoo

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