Short Talkies Poems

Actress Joan Crawford
Started out as a flapper
In silent movies
Then she became a shop girl
In talkies and then became 
Ms Hollywood Royalty...

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Other civilizations on other heavenly bodies
Are looking for life in the universe with similar jollies
Do we think we're alone
Not a chance, it's well known
The odds are nil, had this theory since the talkies...

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old-fashioned reels
spin
       fascination
talkies buried

“did jimmy have some beer?”

and the oldest fighting
the baby
who whines real
often

a radio performance
of Twelve Days Of Christmas
the recorder squeaking 
“five golden rings”*
eight times
                   every time
out of tune

                                a dead language
                               how little Latin i know

9/2/2018

*Swortzell version 1966...

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