Rallentanda

Rallentanda

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

At Last by Etta James 1961


Shadorma


slow dancing
in a hong kong bar
you were there
watching me
you should have asked me to dance
i would have said yes

Imaginary Garden with Real Toads

7 comments:

  1. Ah, that unasked dance leaves its mark. You capture the emotion and the nostalgia so well in this compact verse! :-)

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  2. I like that we are invited into the memory, that by the time we get to end we know we would've said yest, too (because most of us have been there, wishing for what never was).

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  3. This is potent and to the point RAL. Like that about you!

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  4. Oh to have that moment back again!

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  5. Oh, those moments that slip by bring a little twinge of pain once in a while.

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  6. Ah... what a moment you have captured here.

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