Posted in General Audience on 01/25/2012 08:16 pm by Classic NYer
I didn’t look at him while I sang, even though I’m pretty sure I was singing to him… or about him. I looked at a random stranger. I didn’t look at my husband either, though he was in the room. My husband is definitely not the “worrisome thing” the song was referencing.
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harlem, music, paris blues, therapy
Posted in General Audience on 12/17/2011 05:25 pm by Classic NYer
Him: No, go ahead and continue. Just understand that you’re speaking a foreign language to me right now.
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communication breakdown, music
Posted in General Audience on 10/25/2011 11:07 pm by Classic NYer
“Did you hear the sounds he was getting out of that bass? Wow!”
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bass, music, professor, show, woman
Posted in General Audience on 08/24/2011 08:09 pm by Classic NYer
“Don’t talk like that,” he said, “Because you’re going to see me again. I’m going to come out to New York and we’re going to be married. You’ll definitely see me again.”
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airport, commitment, men, music, portland, san diego, trip
Posted in General Audience on 07/31/2011 01:53 pm by Classic NYer
[...] I stood near the front of the dancing crowd for lack of a place to sit and looked into his eyes. He greeted me silently with a military salute, which (I had forgotten until just then) was my signature greeting back in high school. He blushed when I responded by blowing him a kiss. [...]
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dancing, east side, friend, high school, les, music
Posted in Poetry Corner on 07/22/2011 03:49 pm by Classic NYer
I cannot touch the keys;
I have nothing left.[...]
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inspiration, men, music, piano
Posted in General Audience on 06/30/2011 04:14 pm by Classic NYer
He asked me a question about last Sunday. He asked me what was my aim. I told him I hadn’t spoken to my therapist about him yet. He went into a treatise on why a hook-up between the two of us would be a bad idea. I nodded. I think he talks too much…
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bullshit, drum, guitar, hippie, madison square park, music
Posted in Music Monday on 06/27/2011 01:39 pm by Classic NYer
You’re my little secret and that’s how we should keep it…
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friends, harlem flophouse, hat, music, paris blues, rock band
Posted in General Audience on 06/07/2011 08:33 pm by Classic NYer
In other news, I’m thinking of writing a song called “Polly’s Sunshine Laugh.” If you can figure out the connection, I’ll give you a prize. No, seriously, I will. Be the first to comment with the correct connection between the top of this post and the bottom of it, and I’ll give you a prize. I’ve got a shutterfly code burning a hole in my inbox.
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falling, laugh, luciano pavarotti, music, smile, sunshine, yoga
Posted in Awards, Poetry Corner on 05/27/2011 02:20 am by Classic NYer
I want you to drink me up slowly like a margarita
I want to intoxicate you straight through to
the other side of your opaqueness.
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alcohol, award, generosity, give, light, money, music, things