Chasing Wine

Here lies us. Our anemic bed
bodies of truths have gone unsaid
prattling like cats instead
choosing raisins
we tend to our own vineyards of youth
Stomping, crushing
chasing wine
we toast to stars that don't align.
~R.D.A.

Taken

Don't look to me, his candor said
Your beauty fills my eyes with dread
I'm burdened with a lustful fear
for a certain claimed frontier.
I'm horrified to like too well
your catching grin and fetching smell.

not crazy for the fourth line..

Better Half

She lays her head against his chest
during late night TV, murmurs of the man
who gave her fame, and he of the woman for whom
he won his. She wants to sway
to the beat of his heart in her ear, slow
as "Are You Lonesome Tonight." In sleep
their tear-blotched faces could be anyone’s.

Twisted Dreams of a Shapeless Mind

As your eyes look toward me,
brimming with the promise of
sunlit nights and darkened dawns

as you walk towards me,
holding the wealth of the world in your palm,

unafraid of the past,
but scared of the future....

I feel happy, and content, like an old fairy tale,
like I could open my eyes and know you're there
even when you weren't

its strange to see life take a path you never expected
a turning away, where old memories seem as fresh as my tears...


by Sakshim

Stumble

Scared to smile around you so I stumble.
Tumbling and fumbling and shaking
Under your spell. I've been
Mistreated and defeated I'm a
Brambling idiot. I'm afraid of
Loving and living and leaving.
Eternity is such a long time to go without love.

by Jessica Giles

Yes We Can (Hold Babies)

The Most Adorable Little Old Lady in the World

Since it isn't on YouTube (yet), you'll have to click on this link to watch the video. The little old lady with the Sinatra letter to Royko was told her item could be worth 12-15k; not a stunning price like the multi-million dollar jade pieces in the recent Raleigh show but still a handsome sum.

Still, she could not stand all amazed - she was about to faint. Typically, the responses of the quotees are very modest and disciplined. I've only been watching for a little while and the closest I've seen to immodesty was the Raleigh woman's "damn", which, if you ask me was perfectly warranted.

Little old Sinatra-letter lady was so utterly wowed and it overtook her in a very comedic way. I think I freaked out my toddler from laughing so hard.

Here's a transcript:

APPRAISER: I bet. And it's still a famous letter, and people remember it today. And as such, I would estimate it at auction at at least $15,000...

GUEST: Oh... (gasps) Oh, no!

APPRAISER: And I wouldn't be surprised...

GUEST: Oh, no...

APPRAISER: I wouldn't be surprised if this letter sold for more than that, because Sinatra stuff is as hot as it can get, and it just doesn't get any better than this.

GUEST: Oh!

APPRAISER: So with all the provenance and your great story...

GUEST: Oh, my goodness.

APPRAISER: It's just such a great piece. I was so happy that you brought it in today.

GUEST: Oh, gee, I'm going to faint. I'm going to faint. I really... where are my friends?

APPRAISER: Are you all right?

GUEST: Oh, yes, give me a seat! Oh, man! Are they kidding me? Did you all hear that?! Yes! Yes! Did you all hear that?! Oh, isn't that... He offered me a hundred dollars for it. You can't have it for a hundred dollars. Isn't that super? Yeah, that's so super. I'm going to give that money to... If I ever sell it, the money goes to the Salvation Army anyway.

APPRAISER: Oh, that would be good.

GUEST: So the more, the merrier. Oh, listen, you just made my... Why... did you hear that, Betty?

GUEST: I know, I heard it, I heard it, I heard it! (both laughing) They must be nuts! Isn't that great?

APPRAISER: It's wonderful.