(All images by DWB)
Loving lady at the end
of the block, you were once an
urban cougar with a single silky black
feline.
But time passed, as it must.
It is a lot of them that haunt you now, I see.
The lizard-eyed landlord tried
to evict you many times.
Then they came, and did evict
you eventually, for this.
The cats were scattered, or rounded up
and taken away, somewhere, some when.
Shakespearian Cat Woman you fought them,
and tried to escape them,
you died for them, you plied them with
fine liquor, wine, and gold eye shadow, and you
heavily sighed.
But when they took the cats away,
did you know,
did you know then that this
was only the ethereal end
of one more love?
And do you now, do you ever remember
me, at all?
And how?
Dale Williams Barrigar
Saragun Springs 
I loved the soul of this one and that ‘lizard eyed landlord’ was a brilliant line. dd
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Thank you, Diane!
Your comment reminds me of the song “Soul” by Van Morrison off his great album KEEP IT SIMPLE. I’ve had a few landlords (and bosses) who appeared to have lizard-like eyes so that line was indeed simple.
Dale
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Dale
Fanciful and sad at the same time. The images are startling–the long shot in the top contains its own story. There is something about a Cat that makes them the Jester in the same way a Dog is the Best Friend. A Lear job–but they refute the title of “Fool.” The old cliche says we play the cards we are dealt, but it doesn’t address the stake or the pot.
A wonderful run that continues.
Leila
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Thank you, Leila!
Today’s work is also a companion piece, or preface, to tomorrow’s birth and death date celebration….
Dale
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Very nice, Dale. Good imagery. Melancholy, a little self-deprecating, and genuinely moving at the end.
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Thank you, David!
My attempt at realism today definitely is based on a deliberate mixing of tones, feelings, and attitudes. Ambivalence is such a prevalent thing in everyone’s lives. Purity doesn’t exist except in how ambivalent it is. Somebody must’ve wanted things to be complicated here. Thanks for taking the time to notice and UNDERSTAND!
Dale
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