I Miss the Walk

[Demian]

Play your Guitar, and tell us

 

[Laurel]

I wish you were here, dear,
I wish you were here.
I wish you sat on the sofa
and I sat near.
The handkerchief could be yours,
the tear could be mine, chin bound.
Though it could be, of course,
the other way around.

I wish you were here, dear,
I wish you were here.
I wish we were in my car,
and you'd shift the gear.
We'd find ourselves elsewhere,
on an unknown shore.
Or else we'd repair
to where we've been before.

I wish you were here, dear,
I wish you were here.
I wish I knew no astronomy
when stars appear,
when the moon skims the water
that sighs and shifts in its slumber.
I wish it were still a quarter
to dial your number.

I wish you were here, dear,
in this hemisphere,
as I sit on the porch
sipping a beer.
It's evening; the sun is setting,
boys shout and gulls are crying.
What's the point of forgetting
if it's followed by dying?

- Joseph Brodskey, "A Song"

 

[Svedish_Chef]

I was reciting lyrics of that song again today, Laurel

 

[Laurel]

That song rules. You need to put that album on your Christmas list. The album is "Frame & Canvas", btw. Rocks my socks.

 

[Natalie Nessus]

That song rules. You need to put that album on your Christmas list. The album is "Frame & Canvas", btw. Rocks my socks.

Yes, maybe. but yoiu appear to have a different cat? Younger maybe, some cosmetic surgery, perhaps?

 

[Laurel]

Thanks for noticing! Younger yes, but no cosmetic surgery! Au naturel... My other kitty was my lovely Aiko, who is a 2-year-old Bengal. My new av is my new kitty, Owen - a 3-month-old stray kitten whose mother rejected him because he was born with 4 deformed legs. He miraculously grew out of most of the deformities, though his back legs are still a little odd. He has 3 toes on each instead of the normal 4, for one thing. Of course, you can't tell that in the picture.

 

[Natalie Nessus]

He is beautiful, I love cats.

 

[Laurel]

Owen says thank-you!