Watched an old movie last night
Young lovers, star crossed, yet determined
Rowed a canoe across a lake, under shimmering moonlight
The camera panned skyward exposing one luminous
Yet somehow disturbing, white billowing cloud
I pushed pause on the tape player and stepped outside
Hanging, seemingly within the reach of my arm
Was a cloud, glowing white, it looked suspiciously….familiar
I ran back inside now standing before yesteryear’s images
The black and white luminosity reflecting off my face
I was sure of it….it was the same cloud, the same cloud…
That now, at this very instant, hung over my home
I retreated once again outside and reached up with trembling fingers
Take me with you I begged; don’t leave me in this cyber infected
Techno-madness that now seems to seems to engulf my very soul
Absorb my earthly body and transport me back…back
To a time when floorboards creaked and barrooms “speaked”
When pajamas were worn to bed, not to go shopping instead
I want to “spoon” in a rumble seat… with the “cat’s meow”
Oh! What a treat. Where hard boiled tough guys wore fedora hats
And gangsters rode in Packards wearing suspendered, tethered spats
When Cagney pushed grapefruits and Coop’ stood so lanky
The dames dolled up spiffy and hotels were swanky
And as I stretched out for that cloud, I heard many voices
Others were clamoring for alternate choices. My eyelids flickered, my fingers too
The voices were a chorus…take me, take me, take me… with you
As I regained my full eyesight, and looked up into that mystical night
I touched the sky, then touched my face, and wiped the tears
Then said with grace, Oh God on the day that I die
Please find a particular cloud in sky, then deposit me there
So I can be, for the first time in my life… truly happy
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