Rallentanda

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Saturday, January 3, 2015

Doris Dreaming



doris promises herself
she is going to be jovial
this year

in spite of having to repeat
the same instructions
year in year out
over and over again
to her selectively deaf  husband

she is going to be resolute
about decluttering her house and
not entertain  politically incorrect thoughts
of slapping stupid people and stringing
them up by their feet




she may even ditch her akubra
become a domestic goddess
swanning around in a kimono
being very zen making tea
instead of mending fences

too late in life she came to realise
there are no prizes for being capable
the more you do
more is expected of you

there is a value in  contrived artifice
practised  time immemorial
by breathless helpless females
taught by mothers and grandmothers
(except doris's )



by next Christmas
she will be transformed
in pink ruffles
with long lacquered nails
and a squeaky voice
tending to the rose petals
on the tree










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13 comments:

  1. ChinaJanuary 3, 2015 at 4:57 PM

    I am not selectively deaf. Just vague.

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  2. brudbergJanuary 4, 2015 at 1:56 AM

    ha.. I think Doris won't do it.. New Year's resolutions are for breaking.

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  3. totomaiJanuary 4, 2015 at 4:22 AM

    well, she may or she may not fulfill her promise.

    by the way, i liked the photo in kimono preparing tea... very oriental

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  4. SusanJanuary 4, 2015 at 4:53 AM

    I doubt it! Doris certainly exposes what it, but is not altogether sorry for her wish to slap stupidity around. Fun, important pleasure.

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  5. Sherry Blue SkyJanuary 4, 2015 at 11:27 AM

    I SO relate - the more you do, the more is expected of you. And the mothers and grandmothers' teachings (but not Doris's.) LOL. We might attempt the pink ruffles, but I suspect it would set all our people off into helpless guffaws.

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    1. rallentandaJanuary 4, 2015 at 3:31 PM

      Glad someone can identify with parts of this...:)

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  6. C.C.January 4, 2015 at 11:29 AM

    I like Doris :-)

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    1. rallentandaJanuary 4, 2015 at 3:34 PM

      I'll pass that on... Doris will be pleased...as you can imagine she is not
      everyone's ' tasse du the ' !

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  7. ZQJanuary 4, 2015 at 5:36 PM

    Haha with respect my ancestry went from Nova Scotia to Quebec to the mills of NH others drifted into the Bayou. I had to learn english.
    I so like your site. And your art represents it with distinction.
    My respect.
    ZQ

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  8. rallentandaJanuary 4, 2015 at 6:18 PM

    Mille remerciements Monsieur ! Bonne Anee !

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  9. Old EggJanuary 4, 2015 at 10:00 PM

    Better to be interesting and dangerous than dull and reliable. Don't lose that Akubra.

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  10. Arathi HariharJanuary 5, 2015 at 9:39 AM

    happy new year rallentanda...one do feel that how much ever you do you are not appreciated..looks like Doris really wants to change ..but can she sustain it.

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  11. Gen Giggles January 5, 2015 at 6:59 PM

    Well that's one resolution.

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