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by: W-Dockery - Sat, 17 Dec 2022 21:07 UTC

The Barefoot Contessa

Ashen grey
all the memories in a can.

Involvement
under the liquid blue evening.

Midnight tries
I called my mom and dad.

They had heard no news
everyone seemed to be in the dark.

Moving around these city streets
new tennis shoes bounced me.

Springing on to somewhere else
now and then.

Thinking about my friend
who I should have killed.

Thinking about my
artistic failures.

Wondering about my
pretentious involvement.

Speaking to some
well known people.

Thinking about some who
have fallen in stature.

After the fall
there golden silk
and her sweet red lips.

Bluest evening falls
over lighted Atlanta.

On her lips
I tasted the wine.

Afterwards
I made love to her
under the oaks
facing the lake.

Blue numbers of recall
her hair was golden.

She sipped a beer with me
in the warm November evening.

The stars were glistening
the weather was crispy and right.

Barefoot Contessa in the shadows
she remained out of sight.

Spindles of her legs
so long and brown.

Thinking as I type this moment
out of the past.

Feeling the heat
we lay between the sheets
as morning cut through so blue.

As I walked with her
barefoot in the dew.

After a nap
sitting with her on my lap
smoking a cigarette or two.

Later
when she read my poem
she cried her prayers to all the world.

I watched
as into the parking lot
my amulet she hurled.

Water drip in the sink
seems to echo over Ansley Square.

There on the edge
shattering the silence
in this vacant room.

So much subterfuge
to make love to her.
Under the oaks
facing the lake.

-Will Dockery (11-26-81)

----
From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-barefoot-contessa.html

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by: General-Zod - Sun, 18 Dec 2022 21:25 UTC

Will Dockery wrote:
>
> The Barefoot Contessa

> Ashen grey
> all the memories in a can.

> Involvement
> under the liquid blue evening.

> Midnight tries
> I called my mom and dad.

> They had heard no news
> everyone seemed to be in the dark.

> Moving around these city streets
> new tennis shoes bounced me.

> Springing on to somewhere else
> now and then.

> Thinking about my friend
> who I should have killed.

> Thinking about my
> artistic failures.

> Wondering about my
> pretentious involvement.

> Speaking to some
> well known people.

> Thinking about some who
> have fallen in stature.

> After the fall
> there golden silk
> and her sweet red lips.

> Bluest evening falls
> over lighted Atlanta.

> On her lips
> I tasted the wine.

> Afterwards
> I made love to her
> under the oaks
> facing the lake.

> Blue numbers of recall
> her hair was golden.

> She sipped a beer with me
> in the warm November evening.

> The stars were glistening
> the weather was crispy and right.

> Barefoot Contessa in the shadows
> she remained out of sight.

> Spindles of her legs
> so long and brown.

> Thinking as I type this moment
> out of the past.

> Feeling the heat
> we lay between the sheets
> as morning cut through so blue.

> As I walked with her
> barefoot in the dew.

> After a nap
> sitting with her on my lap
> smoking a cigarette or two.

> Later
> when she read my poem
> she cried her prayers to all the world.

> I watched
> as into the parking lot
> my amulet she hurled.

> Water drip in the sink
> seems to echo over Ansley Square.

> There on the edge
> shattering the silence
> in this vacant room.

> So much subterfuge
> to make love to her.
> Under the oaks
> facing the lake.

> -Will Dockery (11-26-81)

> ----
> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-barefoot-contessa.html

Love this poem, it evokes the later days of Bogart so well....

***** The Barefoot Contessa (1954) - When Harry Met Maria Scene ******
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_6ZpxB4xIc

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by: W.Dockery - Mon, 19 Dec 2022 19:29 UTC

General-Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>>
>> The Barefoot Contessa

>> Ashen grey
>> all the memories in a can.

>> Involvement
>> under the liquid blue evening.

>> Midnight tries
>> I called my mom and dad.

>> They had heard no news
>> everyone seemed to be in the dark.

>> Moving around these city streets
>> new tennis shoes bounced me.

>> Springing on to somewhere else
>> now and then.

>> Thinking about my friend
>> who I should have killed.

>> Thinking about my
>> artistic failures.

>> Wondering about my
>> pretentious involvement.

>> Speaking to some
>> well known people.

>> Thinking about some who
>> have fallen in stature.

>> After the fall
>> there golden silk
>> and her sweet red lips.

>> Bluest evening falls
>> over lighted Atlanta.

>> On her lips
>> I tasted the wine.

>> Afterwards
>> I made love to her
>> under the oaks
>> facing the lake.

>> Blue numbers of recall
>> her hair was golden.

>> She sipped a beer with me
>> in the warm November evening.

>> The stars were glistening
>> the weather was crispy and right.

>> Barefoot Contessa in the shadows
>> she remained out of sight.

>> Spindles of her legs
>> so long and brown.

>> Thinking as I type this moment
>> out of the past.

>> Feeling the heat
>> we lay between the sheets
>> as morning cut through so blue.

>> As I walked with her
>> barefoot in the dew.

>> After a nap
>> sitting with her on my lap
>> smoking a cigarette or two.

>> Later
>> when she read my poem
>> she cried her prayers to all the world.

>> I watched
>> as into the parking lot
>> my amulet she hurled.

>> Water drip in the sink
>> seems to echo over Ansley Square.

>> There on the edge
>> shattering the silence
>> in this vacant room.

>> So much subterfuge
>> to make love to her.
>> Under the oaks
>> facing the lake.

>> -Will Dockery (11-26-81)

>> ----
>> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
>> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-barefoot-contessa.html

> Love this poem, it evokes the later days of Bogart so well....

> ***** The Barefoot Contessa (1954) - When Harry Met Maria Scene ******
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_6ZpxB4xIc

Good find, Zod.

🎂

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by: Zod - Mon, 19 Dec 2022 22:11 UTC

On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 2:30:16 PM UTC-5, W.Dockery wrote:
> General-Zod wrote:
>
> > Will Dockery wrote:
> >>
> >> The Barefoot Contessa
>
> >> Ashen grey
> >> all the memories in a can.
>
> >> Involvement
> >> under the liquid blue evening.
>
> >> Midnight tries
> >> I called my mom and dad.
>
> >> They had heard no news
> >> everyone seemed to be in the dark.
>
> >> Moving around these city streets
> >> new tennis shoes bounced me.
>
> >> Springing on to somewhere else
> >> now and then.
>
> >> Thinking about my friend
> >> who I should have killed.
>
> >> Thinking about my
> >> artistic failures.
>
> >> Wondering about my
> >> pretentious involvement.
>
> >> Speaking to some
> >> well known people.
>
> >> Thinking about some who
> >> have fallen in stature.
>
> >> After the fall
> >> there golden silk
> >> and her sweet red lips.
>
> >> Bluest evening falls
> >> over lighted Atlanta.
>
> >> On her lips
> >> I tasted the wine.
>
> >> Afterwards
> >> I made love to her
> >> under the oaks
> >> facing the lake.
>
> >> Blue numbers of recall
> >> her hair was golden.
>
> >> She sipped a beer with me
> >> in the warm November evening.
>
> >> The stars were glistening
> >> the weather was crispy and right.
>
> >> Barefoot Contessa in the shadows
> >> she remained out of sight.
>
> >> Spindles of her legs
> >> so long and brown.
>
> >> Thinking as I type this moment
> >> out of the past.
>
> >> Feeling the heat
> >> we lay between the sheets
> >> as morning cut through so blue.
>
> >> As I walked with her
> >> barefoot in the dew.
>
> >> After a nap
> >> sitting with her on my lap
> >> smoking a cigarette or two.
>
> >> Later
> >> when she read my poem
> >> she cried her prayers to all the world.
>
> >> I watched
> >> as into the parking lot
> >> my amulet she hurled.
>
> >> Water drip in the sink
> >> seems to echo over Ansley Square.
>
> >> There on the edge
> >> shattering the silence
> >> in this vacant room.
>
> >> So much subterfuge
> >> to make love to her.
> >> Under the oaks
> >> facing the lake.
>
> >> -Will Dockery (11-26-81)
>
> >> ----
> >> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
> >> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-barefoot-contessa.html
>
>
> > Love this poem, it evokes the later days of Bogart so well....
>
> > ***** The Barefoot Contessa (1954) - When Harry Met Maria Scene ******
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_6ZpxB4xIc
> Good find, Zod.
>
> 🎂

Loved it and the Film Noir references, Doc...

Breathless Humphrey Bogart scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQosJMgfL3s

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by: W.Dockery - Wed, 21 Dec 2022 18:25 UTC

Zod wrote:

> On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 2:30:16 PM UTC-5, W.Dockery wrote:
>> General-Zod wrote:
>>
>> > Will Dockery wrote:
>> >>
>> >> The Barefoot Contessa
>>
>> >> Ashen grey
>> >> all the memories in a can.
>>
>> >> Involvement
>> >> under the liquid blue evening.
>>
>> >> Midnight tries
>> >> I called my mom and dad.
>>
>> >> They had heard no news
>> >> everyone seemed to be in the dark.
>>
>> >> Moving around these city streets
>> >> new tennis shoes bounced me.
>>
>> >> Springing on to somewhere else
>> >> now and then.
>>
>> >> Thinking about my friend
>> >> who I should have killed.
>>
>> >> Thinking about my
>> >> artistic failures.
>>
>> >> Wondering about my
>> >> pretentious involvement.
>>
>> >> Speaking to some
>> >> well known people.
>>
>> >> Thinking about some who
>> >> have fallen in stature.
>>
>> >> After the fall
>> >> there golden silk
>> >> and her sweet red lips.
>>
>> >> Bluest evening falls
>> >> over lighted Atlanta.
>>
>> >> On her lips
>> >> I tasted the wine.
>>
>> >> Afterwards
>> >> I made love to her
>> >> under the oaks
>> >> facing the lake.
>>
>> >> Blue numbers of recall
>> >> her hair was golden.
>>
>> >> She sipped a beer with me
>> >> in the warm November evening.
>>
>> >> The stars were glistening
>> >> the weather was crispy and right.
>>
>> >> Barefoot Contessa in the shadows
>> >> she remained out of sight.
>>
>> >> Spindles of her legs
>> >> so long and brown.
>>
>> >> Thinking as I type this moment
>> >> out of the past.
>>
>> >> Feeling the heat
>> >> we lay between the sheets
>> >> as morning cut through so blue.
>>
>> >> As I walked with her
>> >> barefoot in the dew.
>>
>> >> After a nap
>> >> sitting with her on my lap
>> >> smoking a cigarette or two.
>>
>> >> Later
>> >> when she read my poem
>> >> she cried her prayers to all the world.
>>
>> >> I watched
>> >> as into the parking lot
>> >> my amulet she hurled.
>>
>> >> Water drip in the sink
>> >> seems to echo over Ansley Square.
>>
>> >> There on the edge
>> >> shattering the silence
>> >> in this vacant room.
>>
>> >> So much subterfuge
>> >> to make love to her.
>> >> Under the oaks
>> >> facing the lake.
>>
>> >> -Will Dockery (11-26-81)
>>
>> >> ----
>> >> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
>> >> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-barefoot-contessa.html
>>
>>
>> > Love this poem, it evokes the later days of Bogart so well....
>>
>> > ***** The Barefoot Contessa (1954) - When Harry Met Maria Scene ******
>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_6ZpxB4xIc
>> Good find, Zod.
>>
>>

> Loved it and the Film Noir references, Doc...

> Breathless Humphrey Bogart scene
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQosJMgfL3s

Love the early Belmondo movies.

🙂

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by: Zod - Wed, 21 Dec 2022 21:32 UTC

On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 1:30:13 PM UTC-5, W.Dockery wrote:
> Zod wrote:
>
> > On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 2:30:16 PM UTC-5, W.Dockery wrote:
> >> General-Zod wrote:
> >>
> >> > Will Dockery wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> The Barefoot Contessa
> >>
> >> >> Ashen grey
> >> >> all the memories in a can.
> >>
> >> >> Involvement
> >> >> under the liquid blue evening.
> >>
> >> >> Midnight tries
> >> >> I called my mom and dad.
> >>
> >> >> They had heard no news
> >> >> everyone seemed to be in the dark.
> >>
> >> >> Moving around these city streets
> >> >> new tennis shoes bounced me.
> >>
> >> >> Springing on to somewhere else
> >> >> now and then.
> >>
> >> >> Thinking about my friend
> >> >> who I should have killed.
> >>
> >> >> Thinking about my
> >> >> artistic failures.
> >>
> >> >> Wondering about my
> >> >> pretentious involvement.
> >>
> >> >> Speaking to some
> >> >> well known people.
> >>
> >> >> Thinking about some who
> >> >> have fallen in stature.
> >>
> >> >> After the fall
> >> >> there golden silk
> >> >> and her sweet red lips.
> >>
> >> >> Bluest evening falls
> >> >> over lighted Atlanta.
> >>
> >> >> On her lips
> >> >> I tasted the wine.
> >>
> >> >> Afterwards
> >> >> I made love to her
> >> >> under the oaks
> >> >> facing the lake.
> >>
> >> >> Blue numbers of recall
> >> >> her hair was golden.
> >>
> >> >> She sipped a beer with me
> >> >> in the warm November evening.
> >>
> >> >> The stars were glistening
> >> >> the weather was crispy and right.
> >>
> >> >> Barefoot Contessa in the shadows
> >> >> she remained out of sight.
> >>
> >> >> Spindles of her legs
> >> >> so long and brown.
> >>
> >> >> Thinking as I type this moment
> >> >> out of the past.
> >>
> >> >> Feeling the heat
> >> >> we lay between the sheets
> >> >> as morning cut through so blue.
> >>
> >> >> As I walked with her
> >> >> barefoot in the dew.
> >>
> >> >> After a nap
> >> >> sitting with her on my lap
> >> >> smoking a cigarette or two.
> >>
> >> >> Later
> >> >> when she read my poem
> >> >> she cried her prayers to all the world.
> >>
> >> >> I watched
> >> >> as into the parking lot
> >> >> my amulet she hurled.
> >>
> >> >> Water drip in the sink
> >> >> seems to echo over Ansley Square.
> >>
> >> >> There on the edge
> >> >> shattering the silence
> >> >> in this vacant room.
> >>
> >> >> So much subterfuge
> >> >> to make love to her.
> >> >> Under the oaks
> >> >> facing the lake.
> >>
> >> >> -Will Dockery (11-26-81)
> >>
> >> >> ----
> >> >> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
> >> >> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-barefoot-contessa.html
> >>
> >>
> >> > Love this poem, it evokes the later days of Bogart so well....
> >>
> >> > ***** The Barefoot Contessa (1954) - When Harry Met Maria Scene ******
> >> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_6ZpxB4xIc
> >> Good find, Zod.
> >>
> >>
>
> > Loved it and the Film Noir references, Doc...
>
> > Breathless Humphrey Bogart scene
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQosJMgfL3s
> Love the early Belmondo movies.

Agreed...!

_______________________
PIERROT LE FOU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Wbt_S7HBM

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by: W.Dockery - Thu, 22 Dec 2022 16:09 UTC

Zod wrote:

> On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 1:30:13 PM UTC-5, W.Dockery wrote:
>> Zod wrote:
>>
>> > On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 2:30:16 PM UTC-5, W.Dockery wrote:
>> >> General-Zod wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Will Dockery wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The Barefoot Contessa
>> >>
>> >> >> Ashen grey
>> >> >> all the memories in a can.
>> >>
>> >> >> Involvement
>> >> >> under the liquid blue evening.
>> >>
>> >> >> Midnight tries
>> >> >> I called my mom and dad.
>> >>
>> >> >> They had heard no news
>> >> >> everyone seemed to be in the dark.
>> >>
>> >> >> Moving around these city streets
>> >> >> new tennis shoes bounced me.
>> >>
>> >> >> Springing on to somewhere else
>> >> >> now and then.
>> >>
>> >> >> Thinking about my friend
>> >> >> who I should have killed.
>> >>
>> >> >> Thinking about my
>> >> >> artistic failures.
>> >>
>> >> >> Wondering about my
>> >> >> pretentious involvement.
>> >>
>> >> >> Speaking to some
>> >> >> well known people.
>> >>
>> >> >> Thinking about some who
>> >> >> have fallen in stature.
>> >>
>> >> >> After the fall
>> >> >> there golden silk
>> >> >> and her sweet red lips.
>> >>
>> >> >> Bluest evening falls
>> >> >> over lighted Atlanta.
>> >>
>> >> >> On her lips
>> >> >> I tasted the wine.
>> >>
>> >> >> Afterwards
>> >> >> I made love to her
>> >> >> under the oaks
>> >> >> facing the lake.
>> >>
>> >> >> Blue numbers of recall
>> >> >> her hair was golden.
>> >>
>> >> >> She sipped a beer with me
>> >> >> in the warm November evening.
>> >>
>> >> >> The stars were glistening
>> >> >> the weather was crispy and right.
>> >>
>> >> >> Barefoot Contessa in the shadows
>> >> >> she remained out of sight.
>> >>
>> >> >> Spindles of her legs
>> >> >> so long and brown.
>> >>
>> >> >> Thinking as I type this moment
>> >> >> out of the past.
>> >>
>> >> >> Feeling the heat
>> >> >> we lay between the sheets
>> >> >> as morning cut through so blue.
>> >>
>> >> >> As I walked with her
>> >> >> barefoot in the dew.
>> >>
>> >> >> After a nap
>> >> >> sitting with her on my lap
>> >> >> smoking a cigarette or two.
>> >>
>> >> >> Later
>> >> >> when she read my poem
>> >> >> she cried her prayers to all the world.
>> >>
>> >> >> I watched
>> >> >> as into the parking lot
>> >> >> my amulet she hurled.
>> >>
>> >> >> Water drip in the sink
>> >> >> seems to echo over Ansley Square.
>> >>
>> >> >> There on the edge
>> >> >> shattering the silence
>> >> >> in this vacant room.
>> >>
>> >> >> So much subterfuge
>> >> >> to make love to her.
>> >> >> Under the oaks
>> >> >> facing the lake.
>> >>
>> >> >> -Will Dockery (11-26-81)
>> >>
>> >> >> ----
>> >> >> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
>> >> >> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-barefoot-contessa.html
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Love this poem, it evokes the later days of Bogart so well....
>> >>
>> >> > ***** The Barefoot Contessa (1954) - When Harry Met Maria Scene ******
>> >> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_6ZpxB4xIc
>> >> Good find, Zod.
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>> > Loved it and the Film Noir references, Doc...
>>
>> > Breathless Humphrey Bogart scene
>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQosJMgfL3s
>> Love the early Belmondo movies.

> Agreed...!

> _______________________
> PIERROT LE FOU
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Wbt_S7HBM

Definitely my favorite Godard film.

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by: Zod - Thu, 22 Dec 2022 21:56 UTC

Is this poem about Chastain Sherry, who worked as the barmaid at Ken's Tavern, site of the famous Bogart discussion you and she once had in, what... late 1980, early 1981...?

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by: W.Dockery - Thu, 22 Dec 2022 22:11 UTC

Zod wrote:

> On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 2:30:16 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>> General-Zod wrote:
>>
>> > Will Dockery wrote:
>> >>
>> >> The Barefoot Contessa
>>
>> >> Ashen grey
>> >> all the memories in a can.
>>
>> >> Involvement
>> >> under the liquid blue evening.
>>
>> >> Midnight tries
>> >> I called my mom and dad.
>>
>> >> They had heard no news
>> >> everyone seemed to be in the dark.
>>
>> >> Moving around these city streets
>> >> new tennis shoes bounced me.
>>
>> >> Springing on to somewhere else
>> >> now and then.
>>
>> >> Thinking about my friend
>> >> who I should have killed.
>>
>> >> Thinking about my
>> >> artistic failures.
>>
>> >> Wondering about my
>> >> pretentious involvement.
>>
>> >> Speaking to some
>> >> well known people.
>>
>> >> Thinking about some who
>> >> have fallen in stature.
>>
>> >> After the fall
>> >> there golden silk
>> >> and her sweet red lips.
>>
>> >> Bluest evening falls
>> >> over lighted Atlanta.
>>
>> >> On her lips
>> >> I tasted the wine.
>>
>> >> Afterwards
>> >> I made love to her
>> >> under the oaks
>> >> facing the lake.
>>
>> >> Blue numbers of recall
>> >> her hair was golden.
>>
>> >> She sipped a beer with me
>> >> in the warm November evening.
>>
>> >> The stars were glistening
>> >> the weather was crispy and right.
>>
>> >> Barefoot Contessa in the shadows
>> >> she remained out of sight.
>>
>> >> Spindles of her legs
>> >> so long and brown.
>>
>> >> Thinking as I type this moment
>> >> out of the past.
>>
>> >> Feeling the heat
>> >> we lay between the sheets
>> >> as morning cut through so blue.
>>
>> >> As I walked with her
>> >> barefoot in the dew.
>>
>> >> After a nap
>> >> sitting with her on my lap
>> >> smoking a cigarette or two.
>>
>> >> Later
>> >> when she read my poem
>> >> she cried her prayers to all the world.
>>
>> >> I watched
>> >> as into the parking lot
>> >> my amulet she hurled.
>>
>> >> Water drip in the sink
>> >> seems to echo over Ansley Square.
>>
>> >> There on the edge
>> >> shattering the silence
>> >> in this vacant room.
>>
>> >> So much subterfuge
>> >> to make love to her.
>> >> Under the oaks
>> >> facing the lake.
>>
>> >> -Will Dockery (11-26-81)
>>
>> >> ----
>> >> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
>> >> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-barefoot-contessa.html
>>
>>
>> > Love this poem, it evokes the later days of Bogart so well....
>>
>> > ***** The Barefoot Contessa (1954) - When Harry Met Maria Scene ******
>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_6ZpxB4xIc
>> Good find, Zod.
>>
>> 🎂

> Is this poem about Chastain Sherry, who worked as the barmaid at Ken's Tavern, site of the famous Bogart discussion you and she once had in, what... late 1980, early 1981...?

This was a girl named Pepper and, of course Katherine.

It was complicated.

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by: Zod - Thu, 22 Dec 2022 22:26 UTC

On Thursday, December 22, 2022 at 5:15:14 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> Zod wrote:
> > On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 2:30:16 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> >> General-Zod wrote:
> >>
> >> > Will Dockery wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> The Barefoot Contessa
> >>
> >> >> Ashen grey
> >> >> all the memories in a can.
> >>
> >> >> Involvement
> >> >> under the liquid blue evening.
> >>
> >> >> Midnight tries
> >> >> I called my mom and dad.
> >>
> >> >> They had heard no news
> >> >> everyone seemed to be in the dark.
> >>
> >> >> Moving around these city streets
> >> >> new tennis shoes bounced me.
> >>
> >> >> Springing on to somewhere else
> >> >> now and then.
> >>
> >> >> Thinking about my friend
> >> >> who I should have killed.
> >>
> >> >> Thinking about my
> >> >> artistic failures.
> >>
> >> >> Wondering about my
> >> >> pretentious involvement.
> >>
> >> >> Speaking to some
> >> >> well known people.
> >>
> >> >> Thinking about some who
> >> >> have fallen in stature.
> >>
> >> >> After the fall
> >> >> there golden silk
> >> >> and her sweet red lips.
> >>
> >> >> Bluest evening falls
> >> >> over lighted Atlanta.
> >>
> >> >> On her lips
> >> >> I tasted the wine.
> >>
> >> >> Afterwards
> >> >> I made love to her
> >> >> under the oaks
> >> >> facing the lake.
> >>
> >> >> Blue numbers of recall
> >> >> her hair was golden.
> >>
> >> >> She sipped a beer with me
> >> >> in the warm November evening.
> >>
> >> >> The stars were glistening
> >> >> the weather was crispy and right.
> >>
> >> >> Barefoot Contessa in the shadows
> >> >> she remained out of sight.
> >>
> >> >> Spindles of her legs
> >> >> so long and brown.
> >>
> >> >> Thinking as I type this moment
> >> >> out of the past.
> >>
> >> >> Feeling the heat
> >> >> we lay between the sheets
> >> >> as morning cut through so blue.
> >>
> >> >> As I walked with her
> >> >> barefoot in the dew.
> >>
> >> >> After a nap
> >> >> sitting with her on my lap
> >> >> smoking a cigarette or two.
> >>
> >> >> Later
> >> >> when she read my poem
> >> >> she cried her prayers to all the world.
> >>
> >> >> I watched
> >> >> as into the parking lot
> >> >> my amulet she hurled.
> >>
> >> >> Water drip in the sink
> >> >> seems to echo over Ansley Square.
> >>
> >> >> There on the edge
> >> >> shattering the silence
> >> >> in this vacant room.
> >>
> >> >> So much subterfuge
> >> >> to make love to her.
> >> >> Under the oaks
> >> >> facing the lake.
> >>
> >> >> -Will Dockery (11-26-81)
> >>
> >> >> ----
> >> >> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
> >> >> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-barefoot-contessa.html
> >>
> >>
> >> > Love this poem, it evokes the later days of Bogart so well....
> >>
> >> > ***** The Barefoot Contessa (1954) - When Harry Met Maria Scene ******
> >> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_6ZpxB4xIc
> >> Good find, Zod.
> >>
> >> 🎂
>
> > Is this poem about Chastain Sherry, who worked as the barmaid at Ken's Tavern, site of the famous Bogart discussion you and she once had in, what.... late 1980, early 1981...?
> This was a girl named Pepper and, of course Katherine.
>
> It was complicated.
>
> :)

Oh Lordy, I seem to understand now....

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by: W.Dockery - Tue, 27 Dec 2022 02:01 UTC

Zod wrote:

> On Thursday, December 22, 2022 at 5:15:14 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>> Zod wrote:
>> > On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 2:30:16 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>> >> General-Zod wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Will Dockery wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The Barefoot Contessa
>> >>
>> >> >> Ashen grey
>> >> >> all the memories in a can.
>> >>
>> >> >> Involvement
>> >> >> under the liquid blue evening.
>> >>
>> >> >> Midnight tries
>> >> >> I called my mom and dad.
>> >>
>> >> >> They had heard no news
>> >> >> everyone seemed to be in the dark.
>> >>
>> >> >> Moving around these city streets
>> >> >> new tennis shoes bounced me.
>> >>
>> >> >> Springing on to somewhere else
>> >> >> now and then.
>> >>
>> >> >> Thinking about my friend
>> >> >> who I should have killed.
>> >>
>> >> >> Thinking about my
>> >> >> artistic failures.
>> >>
>> >> >> Wondering about my
>> >> >> pretentious involvement.
>> >>
>> >> >> Speaking to some
>> >> >> well known people.
>> >>
>> >> >> Thinking about some who
>> >> >> have fallen in stature.
>> >>
>> >> >> After the fall
>> >> >> there golden silk
>> >> >> and her sweet red lips.
>> >>
>> >> >> Bluest evening falls
>> >> >> over lighted Atlanta.
>> >>
>> >> >> On her lips
>> >> >> I tasted the wine.
>> >>
>> >> >> Afterwards
>> >> >> I made love to her
>> >> >> under the oaks
>> >> >> facing the lake.
>> >>
>> >> >> Blue numbers of recall
>> >> >> her hair was golden.
>> >>
>> >> >> She sipped a beer with me
>> >> >> in the warm November evening.
>> >>
>> >> >> The stars were glistening
>> >> >> the weather was crispy and right.
>> >>
>> >> >> Barefoot Contessa in the shadows
>> >> >> she remained out of sight.
>> >>
>> >> >> Spindles of her legs
>> >> >> so long and brown.
>> >>
>> >> >> Thinking as I type this moment
>> >> >> out of the past.
>> >>
>> >> >> Feeling the heat
>> >> >> we lay between the sheets
>> >> >> as morning cut through so blue.
>> >>
>> >> >> As I walked with her
>> >> >> barefoot in the dew.
>> >>
>> >> >> After a nap
>> >> >> sitting with her on my lap
>> >> >> smoking a cigarette or two.
>> >>
>> >> >> Later
>> >> >> when she read my poem
>> >> >> she cried her prayers to all the world.
>> >>
>> >> >> I watched
>> >> >> as into the parking lot
>> >> >> my amulet she hurled.
>> >>
>> >> >> Water drip in the sink
>> >> >> seems to echo over Ansley Square.
>> >>
>> >> >> There on the edge
>> >> >> shattering the silence
>> >> >> in this vacant room.
>> >>
>> >> >> So much subterfuge
>> >> >> to make love to her.
>> >> >> Under the oaks
>> >> >> facing the lake.
>> >>
>> >> >> -Will Dockery (11-26-81)
>> >>
>> >> >> ----
>> >> >> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
>> >> >> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-barefoot-contessa.html
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Love this poem, it evokes the later days of Bogart so well....
>> >>
>> >> > ***** The Barefoot Contessa (1954) - When Harry Met Maria Scene ******
>> >> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_6ZpxB4xIc
>> >> Good find, Zod.
>> >>
>> >> 🎂
>>
>> > Is this poem about Chastain Sherry, who worked as the barmaid at Ken's Tavern, site of the famous Bogart discussion you and she once had in, what.... late 1980, early 1981...?
>> This was a girl named Pepper and, of course Katherine.
>>
>> It was complicated.
>>
>> :)

> Oh Lordy, I seem to understand now....

Good morning, Zod, I hope your Florida vacation is going well

🙂

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by: General-Zod - Tue, 27 Dec 2022 22:13 UTC

Will Dockery wrote:

> Zod wrote:

>> On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 2:30:16 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>>> General-Zod wrote:
>>>
>>> > Will Dockery wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> The Barefoot Contessa
>>>
>>> >> Ashen grey
>>> >> all the memories in a can.
>>>
>>> >> Involvement
>>> >> under the liquid blue evening.
>>>
>>> >> Midnight tries
>>> >> I called my mom and dad.
>>>
>>> >> They had heard no news
>>> >> everyone seemed to be in the dark.
>>>
>>> >> Moving around these city streets
>>> >> new tennis shoes bounced me.
>>>
>>> >> Springing on to somewhere else
>>> >> now and then.
>>>
>>> >> Thinking about my friend
>>> >> who I should have killed.
>>>
>>> >> Thinking about my
>>> >> artistic failures.
>>>
>>> >> Wondering about my
>>> >> pretentious involvement.
>>>
>>> >> Speaking to some
>>> >> well known people.
>>>
>>> >> Thinking about some who
>>> >> have fallen in stature.
>>>
>>> >> After the fall
>>> >> there golden silk
>>> >> and her sweet red lips.
>>>
>>> >> Bluest evening falls
>>> >> over lighted Atlanta.
>>>
>>> >> On her lips
>>> >> I tasted the wine.
>>>
>>> >> Afterwards
>>> >> I made love to her
>>> >> under the oaks
>>> >> facing the lake.
>>>
>>> >> Blue numbers of recall
>>> >> her hair was golden.
>>>
>>> >> She sipped a beer with me
>>> >> in the warm November evening.
>>>
>>> >> The stars were glistening
>>> >> the weather was crispy and right.
>>>
>>> >> Barefoot Contessa in the shadows
>>> >> she remained out of sight.
>>>
>>> >> Spindles of her legs
>>> >> so long and brown.
>>>
>>> >> Thinking as I type this moment
>>> >> out of the past.
>>>
>>> >> Feeling the heat
>>> >> we lay between the sheets
>>> >> as morning cut through so blue.
>>>
>>> >> As I walked with her
>>> >> barefoot in the dew.
>>>
>>> >> After a nap
>>> >> sitting with her on my lap
>>> >> smoking a cigarette or two.
>>>
>>> >> Later
>>> >> when she read my poem
>>> >> she cried her prayers to all the world.
>>>
>>> >> I watched
>>> >> as into the parking lot
>>> >> my amulet she hurled.
>>>
>>> >> Water drip in the sink
>>> >> seems to echo over Ansley Square.
>>>
>>> >> There on the edge
>>> >> shattering the silence
>>> >> in this vacant room.
>>>
>>> >> So much subterfuge
>>> >> to make love to her.
>>> >> Under the oaks
>>> >> facing the lake.
>>>
>>> >> -Will Dockery (11-26-81)
>>>
>>> >> ----
>>> >> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
>>> >> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-barefoot-contessa.html
>>>
>>>
>>> > Love this poem, it evokes the later days of Bogart so well....
>>>
>>> > ***** The Barefoot Contessa (1954) - When Harry Met Maria Scene ******
>>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_6ZpxB4xIc
>>> Good find, Zod.
>>>
>>> 🎂

>> Is this poem about Chastain Sherry, who worked as the barmaid at Ken's Tavern, site of the famous Bogart discussion you and she once had in, what... late 1980, early 1981...?

> This was a girl named Pepper and, of course Katherine.

> It was complicated.

> :)

Copy that...

ROLLING STONES- Complicated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9WoUQd_ffU

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by: W.Dockery - Wed, 28 Dec 2022 01:28 UTC

General-Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:

>> Zod wrote:

>>> On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 2:30:16 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>>>> General-Zod wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Will Dockery wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> The Barefoot Contessa
>>>>
>>>> >> Ashen grey
>>>> >> all the memories in a can.
>>>>
>>>> >> Involvement
>>>> >> under the liquid blue evening.
>>>>
>>>> >> Midnight tries
>>>> >> I called my mom and dad.
>>>>
>>>> >> They had heard no news
>>>> >> everyone seemed to be in the dark.
>>>>
>>>> >> Moving around these city streets
>>>> >> new tennis shoes bounced me.
>>>>
>>>> >> Springing on to somewhere else
>>>> >> now and then.
>>>>
>>>> >> Thinking about my friend
>>>> >> who I should have killed.
>>>>
>>>> >> Thinking about my
>>>> >> artistic failures.
>>>>
>>>> >> Wondering about my
>>>> >> pretentious involvement.
>>>>
>>>> >> Speaking to some
>>>> >> well known people.
>>>>
>>>> >> Thinking about some who
>>>> >> have fallen in stature.
>>>>
>>>> >> After the fall
>>>> >> there golden silk
>>>> >> and her sweet red lips.
>>>>
>>>> >> Bluest evening falls
>>>> >> over lighted Atlanta.
>>>>
>>>> >> On her lips
>>>> >> I tasted the wine.
>>>>
>>>> >> Afterwards
>>>> >> I made love to her
>>>> >> under the oaks
>>>> >> facing the lake.
>>>>
>>>> >> Blue numbers of recall
>>>> >> her hair was golden.
>>>>
>>>> >> She sipped a beer with me
>>>> >> in the warm November evening.
>>>>
>>>> >> The stars were glistening
>>>> >> the weather was crispy and right.
>>>>
>>>> >> Barefoot Contessa in the shadows
>>>> >> she remained out of sight.
>>>>
>>>> >> Spindles of her legs
>>>> >> so long and brown.
>>>>
>>>> >> Thinking as I type this moment
>>>> >> out of the past.
>>>>
>>>> >> Feeling the heat
>>>> >> we lay between the sheets
>>>> >> as morning cut through so blue.
>>>>
>>>> >> As I walked with her
>>>> >> barefoot in the dew.
>>>>
>>>> >> After a nap
>>>> >> sitting with her on my lap
>>>> >> smoking a cigarette or two.
>>>>
>>>> >> Later
>>>> >> when she read my poem
>>>> >> she cried her prayers to all the world.
>>>>
>>>> >> I watched
>>>> >> as into the parking lot
>>>> >> my amulet she hurled.
>>>>
>>>> >> Water drip in the sink
>>>> >> seems to echo over Ansley Square.
>>>>
>>>> >> There on the edge
>>>> >> shattering the silence
>>>> >> in this vacant room.
>>>>
>>>> >> So much subterfuge
>>>> >> to make love to her.
>>>> >> Under the oaks
>>>> >> facing the lake.
>>>>
>>>> >> -Will Dockery (11-26-81)
>>>>
>>>> >> ----
>>>> >> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
>>>> >> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-barefoot-contessa.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > Love this poem, it evokes the later days of Bogart so well....
>>>>
>>>> > ***** The Barefoot Contessa (1954) - When Harry Met Maria Scene ******
>>>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_6ZpxB4xIc
>>>> Good find, Zod.
>>>>
>>>> 🎂

>>> Is this poem about Chastain Sherry, who worked as the barmaid at Ken's Tavern, site of the famous Bogart discussion you and she once had in, what... late 1980, early 1981...?

>> This was a girl named Pepper and, of course Katherine.

>> It was complicated.

>> :)

> Copy that...

> ROLLING STONES- Complicated
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9WoUQd_ffU

Between The Buttons.

🙂

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by: Will Dockery - Wed, 28 Dec 2022 05:35 UTC

On Thursday, December 22, 2022 at 5:26:23 PM UTC-5, Zod wrote:
> On Thursday, December 22, 2022 at 5:15:14 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> > Zod wrote:
> > > On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 2:30:16 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> > >> General-Zod wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Will Dockery wrote:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> The Barefoot Contessa
> > >>
> > >> >> Ashen grey
> > >> >> all the memories in a can.
> > >>
> > >> >> Involvement
> > >> >> under the liquid blue evening.
> > >>
> > >> >> Midnight tries
> > >> >> I called my mom and dad.
> > >>
> > >> >> They had heard no news
> > >> >> everyone seemed to be in the dark.
> > >>
> > >> >> Moving around these city streets
> > >> >> new tennis shoes bounced me.
> > >>
> > >> >> Springing on to somewhere else
> > >> >> now and then.
> > >>
> > >> >> Thinking about my friend
> > >> >> who I should have killed.
> > >>
> > >> >> Thinking about my
> > >> >> artistic failures.
> > >>
> > >> >> Wondering about my
> > >> >> pretentious involvement.
> > >>
> > >> >> Speaking to some
> > >> >> well known people.
> > >>
> > >> >> Thinking about some who
> > >> >> have fallen in stature.
> > >>
> > >> >> After the fall
> > >> >> there golden silk
> > >> >> and her sweet red lips.
> > >>
> > >> >> Bluest evening falls
> > >> >> over lighted Atlanta.
> > >>
> > >> >> On her lips
> > >> >> I tasted the wine.
> > >>
> > >> >> Afterwards
> > >> >> I made love to her
> > >> >> under the oaks
> > >> >> facing the lake.
> > >>
> > >> >> Blue numbers of recall
> > >> >> her hair was golden.
> > >>
> > >> >> She sipped a beer with me
> > >> >> in the warm November evening.
> > >>
> > >> >> The stars were glistening
> > >> >> the weather was crispy and right.
> > >>
> > >> >> Barefoot Contessa in the shadows
> > >> >> she remained out of sight.
> > >>
> > >> >> Spindles of her legs
> > >> >> so long and brown.
> > >>
> > >> >> Thinking as I type this moment
> > >> >> out of the past.
> > >>
> > >> >> Feeling the heat
> > >> >> we lay between the sheets
> > >> >> as morning cut through so blue.
> > >>
> > >> >> As I walked with her
> > >> >> barefoot in the dew.
> > >>
> > >> >> After a nap
> > >> >> sitting with her on my lap
> > >> >> smoking a cigarette or two.
> > >>
> > >> >> Later
> > >> >> when she read my poem
> > >> >> she cried her prayers to all the world.
> > >>
> > >> >> I watched
> > >> >> as into the parking lot
> > >> >> my amulet she hurled.
> > >>
> > >> >> Water drip in the sink
> > >> >> seems to echo over Ansley Square.
> > >>
> > >> >> There on the edge
> > >> >> shattering the silence
> > >> >> in this vacant room.
> > >>
> > >> >> So much subterfuge
> > >> >> to make love to her.
> > >> >> Under the oaks
> > >> >> facing the lake.
> > >>
> > >> >> -Will Dockery (11-26-81)
> > >>
> > >> >> ----
> > >> >> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
> > >> >> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-barefoot-contessa.html
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > Love this poem, it evokes the later days of Bogart so well....
> > >>
> > >> > ***** The Barefoot Contessa (1954) - When Harry Met Maria Scene ******
> > >> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_6ZpxB4xIc
> > >> Good find, Zod.
> > >>
> > >> 🎂
> >
> > > Is this poem about Chastain Sherry, who worked as the barmaid at Ken's Tavern, site of the famous Bogart discussion you and she once had in, what... late 1980, early 1981...?
> > This was a girl named Pepper and, of course Katherine.
> >
> > It was complicated.
> >
> > :)
> Oh Lordy, I seem to understand now....

There's several more poems in this arc, coming in 2023.

🙂

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W.Dockery wrote:

> General-Zod wrote:

>> Will Dockery wrote:

>>> Zod wrote:

>>>> On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 2:30:16 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>>>>> General-Zod wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > Will Dockery wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> The Barefoot Contessa
>>>>>
>>>>> >> Ashen grey
>>>>> >> all the memories in a can.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> Involvement
>>>>> >> under the liquid blue evening.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> Midnight tries
>>>>> >> I called my mom and dad.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> They had heard no news
>>>>> >> everyone seemed to be in the dark.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> Moving around these city streets
>>>>> >> new tennis shoes bounced me.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> Springing on to somewhere else
>>>>> >> now and then.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> Thinking about my friend
>>>>> >> who I should have killed.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> Thinking about my
>>>>> >> artistic failures.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> Wondering about my
>>>>> >> pretentious involvement.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> Speaking to some
>>>>> >> well known people.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> Thinking about some who
>>>>> >> have fallen in stature.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> After the fall
>>>>> >> there golden silk
>>>>> >> and her sweet red lips.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> Bluest evening falls
>>>>> >> over lighted Atlanta.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> On her lips
>>>>> >> I tasted the wine.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> Afterwards
>>>>> >> I made love to her
>>>>> >> under the oaks
>>>>> >> facing the lake.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> Blue numbers of recall
>>>>> >> her hair was golden.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> She sipped a beer with me
>>>>> >> in the warm November evening.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> The stars were glistening
>>>>> >> the weather was crispy and right.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> Barefoot Contessa in the shadows
>>>>> >> she remained out of sight.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> Spindles of her legs
>>>>> >> so long and brown.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> Thinking as I type this moment
>>>>> >> out of the past.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> Feeling the heat
>>>>> >> we lay between the sheets
>>>>> >> as morning cut through so blue.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> As I walked with her
>>>>> >> barefoot in the dew.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> After a nap
>>>>> >> sitting with her on my lap
>>>>> >> smoking a cigarette or two.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> Later
>>>>> >> when she read my poem
>>>>> >> she cried her prayers to all the world.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> I watched
>>>>> >> as into the parking lot
>>>>> >> my amulet she hurled.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> Water drip in the sink
>>>>> >> seems to echo over Ansley Square.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> There on the edge
>>>>> >> shattering the silence
>>>>> >> in this vacant room.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> So much subterfuge
>>>>> >> to make love to her.
>>>>> >> Under the oaks
>>>>> >> facing the lake.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> -Will Dockery (11-26-81)
>>>>>
>>>>> >> ----
>>>>> >> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
>>>>> >> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-barefoot-contessa.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> > Love this poem, it evokes the later days of Bogart so well....
>>>>>
>>>>> > ***** The Barefoot Contessa (1954) - When Harry Met Maria Scene ******
>>>>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_6ZpxB4xIc
>>>>> Good find, Zod.
>>>>>
>>>>> 🎂

>>>> Is this poem about Chastain Sherry, who worked as the barmaid at Ken's Tavern, site of the famous Bogart discussion you and she once had in, what... late 1980, early 1981...?

>>> This was a girl named Pepper and, of course Katherine.

>>> It was complicated.

>>> :)

>> Copy that...

>> ROLLING STONES- Complicated
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9WoUQd_ffU

> Between The Buttons.

> 🙂

Great tune, great album.

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by: General-Zod - Fri, 30 Dec 2022 21:09 UTC

Will Dockery wrote:

> General-Zod wrote:

>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>>
>>> The Barefoot Contessa

>>> Ashen grey
>>> all the memories in a can.

>>> Involvement
>>> under the liquid blue evening.

>>> Midnight tries
>>> I called my mom and dad.

>>> They had heard no news
>>> everyone seemed to be in the dark.

>>> Moving around these city streets
>>> new tennis shoes bounced me.

>>> Springing on to somewhere else
>>> now and then.

>>> Thinking about my friend
>>> who I should have killed.

>>> Thinking about my
>>> artistic failures.

>>> Wondering about my
>>> pretentious involvement.

>>> Speaking to some
>>> well known people.

>>> Thinking about some who
>>> have fallen in stature.

>>> After the fall
>>> there golden silk
>>> and her sweet red lips.

>>> Bluest evening falls
>>> over lighted Atlanta.

>>> On her lips
>>> I tasted the wine.

>>> Afterwards
>>> I made love to her
>>> under the oaks
>>> facing the lake.

>>> Blue numbers of recall
>>> her hair was golden.

>>> She sipped a beer with me
>>> in the warm November evening.

>>> The stars were glistening
>>> the weather was crispy and right.

>>> Barefoot Contessa in the shadows
>>> she remained out of sight.

>>> Spindles of her legs
>>> so long and brown.

>>> Thinking as I type this moment
>>> out of the past.

>>> Feeling the heat
>>> we lay between the sheets
>>> as morning cut through so blue.

>>> As I walked with her
>>> barefoot in the dew.

>>> After a nap
>>> sitting with her on my lap
>>> smoking a cigarette or two.

>>> Later
>>> when she read my poem
>>> she cried her prayers to all the world.

>>> I watched
>>> as into the parking lot
>>> my amulet she hurled.

>>> Water drip in the sink
>>> seems to echo over Ansley Square.

>>> There on the edge
>>> shattering the silence
>>> in this vacant room.

>>> So much subterfuge
>>> to make love to her.
>>> Under the oaks
>>> facing the lake.

>>> -Will Dockery (11-26-81)

>>> ----
>>> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
>>> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-barefoot-contessa.html

>> Love this poem, it evokes the later days of Bogart so well....

>> ***** The Barefoot Contessa (1954) - When Harry Met Maria Scene ******
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_6ZpxB4xIc

> Good find, Zod.

Excellent later era Bogie, yes indeed....

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by: W.Dockery - Tue, 3 Jan 2023 15:36 UTC

General-Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>>
>> The Barefoot Contessa

>> Ashen grey
>> all the memories in a can.

>> Involvement
>> under the liquid blue evening.

>> Midnight tries
>> I called my mom and dad.

>> They had heard no news
>> everyone seemed to be in the dark.

>> Moving around these city streets
>> new tennis shoes bounced me.

>> Springing on to somewhere else
>> now and then.

>> Thinking about my friend
>> who I should have killed.

>> Thinking about my
>> artistic failures.

>> Wondering about my
>> pretentious involvement.

>> Speaking to some
>> well known people.

>> Thinking about some who
>> have fallen in stature.

>> After the fall
>> there golden silk
>> and her sweet red lips.

>> Bluest evening falls
>> over lighted Atlanta.

>> On her lips
>> I tasted the wine.

>> Afterwards
>> I made love to her
>> under the oaks
>> facing the lake.

>> Blue numbers of recall
>> her hair was golden.

>> She sipped a beer with me
>> in the warm November evening.

>> The stars were glistening
>> the weather was crispy and right.

>> Barefoot Contessa in the shadows
>> she remained out of sight.

>> Spindles of her legs
>> so long and brown.

>> Thinking as I type this moment
>> out of the past.

>> Feeling the heat
>> we lay between the sheets
>> as morning cut through so blue.

>> As I walked with her
>> barefoot in the dew.

>> After a nap
>> sitting with her on my lap
>> smoking a cigarette or two.

>> Later
>> when she read my poem
>> she cried her prayers to all the world.

>> I watched
>> as into the parking lot
>> my amulet she hurled.

>> Water drip in the sink
>> seems to echo over Ansley Square.

>> There on the edge
>> shattering the silence
>> in this vacant room.

>> So much subterfuge
>> to make love to her.
>> Under the oaks
>> facing the lake.

>> -Will Dockery (11-26-81)

>> ----
>> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
>> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-barefoot-contessa.html

> Love this poem, it evokes the later days of Bogart so well....

> ***** The Barefoot Contessa (1954) - When Harry Met Maria Scene ******
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_6ZpxB4xIc

Good morning, and again, good find.

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by: General-Zod - Wed, 4 Jan 2023 21:40 UTC

Will Dockery wrote:

> General-Zod wrote:

>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>>
>>> The Barefoot Contessa

>>> Ashen grey
>>> all the memories in a can.

>>> Involvement
>>> under the liquid blue evening.

>>> Midnight tries
>>> I called my mom and dad.

>>> They had heard no news
>>> everyone seemed to be in the dark.

>>> Moving around these city streets
>>> new tennis shoes bounced me.

>>> Springing on to somewhere else
>>> now and then.

>>> Thinking about my friend
>>> who I should have killed.

>>> Thinking about my
>>> artistic failures.

>>> Wondering about my
>>> pretentious involvement.

>>> Speaking to some
>>> well known people.

>>> Thinking about some who
>>> have fallen in stature.

>>> After the fall
>>> there golden silk
>>> and her sweet red lips.

>>> Bluest evening falls
>>> over lighted Atlanta.

>>> On her lips
>>> I tasted the wine.

>>> Afterwards
>>> I made love to her
>>> under the oaks
>>> facing the lake.

>>> Blue numbers of recall
>>> her hair was golden.

>>> She sipped a beer with me
>>> in the warm November evening.

>>> The stars were glistening
>>> the weather was crispy and right.

>>> Barefoot Contessa in the shadows
>>> she remained out of sight.

>>> Spindles of her legs
>>> so long and brown.

>>> Thinking as I type this moment
>>> out of the past.

>>> Feeling the heat
>>> we lay between the sheets
>>> as morning cut through so blue.

>>> As I walked with her
>>> barefoot in the dew.

>>> After a nap
>>> sitting with her on my lap
>>> smoking a cigarette or two.

>>> Later
>>> when she read my poem
>>> she cried her prayers to all the world.

>>> I watched
>>> as into the parking lot
>>> my amulet she hurled.

>>> Water drip in the sink
>>> seems to echo over Ansley Square.

>>> There on the edge
>>> shattering the silence
>>> in this vacant room.

>>> So much subterfuge
>>> to make love to her.
>>> Under the oaks
>>> facing the lake.

>>> -Will Dockery (11-26-81)

>>> ----
>>> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
>>> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-barefoot-contessa.html

>> Love this poem, it evokes the later days of Bogart so well....

>> ***** The Barefoot Contessa (1954) - When Harry Met Maria Scene ******
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_6ZpxB4xIc

> Good morning, and again, good find.

Cool..... cool.....

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by: W.Dockery - Thu, 5 Jan 2023 05:06 UTC

General-Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:

>> General-Zod wrote:

>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The Barefoot Contessa

>>>> Ashen grey
>>>> all the memories in a can.

>>>> Involvement
>>>> under the liquid blue evening.

>>>> Midnight tries
>>>> I called my mom and dad.

>>>> They had heard no news
>>>> everyone seemed to be in the dark.

>>>> Moving around these city streets
>>>> new tennis shoes bounced me.

>>>> Springing on to somewhere else
>>>> now and then.

>>>> Thinking about my friend
>>>> who I should have killed.

>>>> Thinking about my
>>>> artistic failures.

>>>> Wondering about my
>>>> pretentious involvement.

>>>> Speaking to some
>>>> well known people.

>>>> Thinking about some who
>>>> have fallen in stature.

>>>> After the fall
>>>> there golden silk
>>>> and her sweet red lips.

>>>> Bluest evening falls
>>>> over lighted Atlanta.

>>>> On her lips
>>>> I tasted the wine.

>>>> Afterwards
>>>> I made love to her
>>>> under the oaks
>>>> facing the lake.

>>>> Blue numbers of recall
>>>> her hair was golden.

>>>> She sipped a beer with me
>>>> in the warm November evening.

>>>> The stars were glistening
>>>> the weather was crispy and right.

>>>> Barefoot Contessa in the shadows
>>>> she remained out of sight.

>>>> Spindles of her legs
>>>> so long and brown.

>>>> Thinking as I type this moment
>>>> out of the past.

>>>> Feeling the heat
>>>> we lay between the sheets
>>>> as morning cut through so blue.

>>>> As I walked with her
>>>> barefoot in the dew.

>>>> After a nap
>>>> sitting with her on my lap
>>>> smoking a cigarette or two.

>>>> Later
>>>> when she read my poem
>>>> she cried her prayers to all the world.

>>>> I watched
>>>> as into the parking lot
>>>> my amulet she hurled.

>>>> Water drip in the sink
>>>> seems to echo over Ansley Square.

>>>> There on the edge
>>>> shattering the silence
>>>> in this vacant room.

>>>> So much subterfuge
>>>> to make love to her.
>>>> Under the oaks
>>>> facing the lake.

>>>> -Will Dockery (11-26-81)

>>>> ----
>>>> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
>>>> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-barefoot-contessa.html

>>> Love this poem, it evokes the later days of Bogart so well....

>>> ***** The Barefoot Contessa (1954) - When Harry Met Maria Scene ******
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_6ZpxB4xIc

>
> Cool..... cool.....

Thanks again for the nod, Zod.

🙂

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by: Zod - Thu, 5 Jan 2023 23:08 UTC

On Saturday, December 27, 2022 at 4:10:13 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>
> The Barefoot Contessa
>
> Ashen grey
> all the memories in a can.
>
> Involvement
> under the liquid blue evening.
>
> Midnight tries
> I called my mom and dad.
>
> They had heard no news
> everyone seemed to be in the dark.
>
> Moving around these city streets
> new tennis shoes bounced me.
>
> Springing on to somewhere else
> now and then.
>
> Thinking about my friend
> who I should have killed.
>
> Thinking about my
> artistic failures.
>
> Wondering about my
> pretentious involvement.
>
> Speaking to some
> well known people.
>
> Thinking about some who
> have fallen in stature.
>
> After the fall
> there golden silk
> and her sweet red lips.
>
> Bluest evening falls
> over lighted Atlanta.
>
> On her lips
> I tasted the wine.
>
> Afterwards
> I made love to her
> under the oaks
> facing the lake.
>
> Blue numbers of recall
> her hair was golden.
>
> She sipped a beer with me
> in the warm November evening.
>
> The stars were glistening
> the weather was crispy and right.
>
> Barefoot Contessa in the shadows
> she remained out of sight.
>
> Spindles of her legs
> so long and brown.
>
> Thinking as I type this moment
> out of the past.
>
> Feeling the heat
> we lay between the sheets
> as morning cut through so blue.
>
> As I walked with her
> barefoot in the dew.
>
> After a nap
> sitting with her on my lap
> smoking a cigarette or two.
>
> Later
> when she read my poem
> she cried her prayers to all the world.
>
> I watched
> as into the parking lot
> my amulet she hurled.
>
> Water drip in the sink
> seems to echo over Ansley Square.
>
> There on the edge
> shattering the silence
> in this vacant room.
>
> So much subterfuge
> to make love to her.
> Under the oaks
> facing the lake.
>
> -Will Dockery (11-26-81)
>
> ----
> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-barefoot-contessa.html

Great story....!

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by: W-Dockery - Sat, 7 Jan 2023 11:58 UTC

General-Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>>
>> The Barefoot Contessa

>> Ashen grey
>> all the memories in a can.

>> Involvement
>> under the liquid blue evening.

>> Midnight tries
>> I called my mom and dad.

>> They had heard no news
>> everyone seemed to be in the dark.

>> Moving around these city streets
>> new tennis shoes bounced me.

>> Springing on to somewhere else
>> now and then.

>> Thinking about my friend
>> who I should have killed.

>> Thinking about my
>> artistic failures.

>> Wondering about my
>> pretentious involvement.

>> Speaking to some
>> well known people.

>> Thinking about some who
>> have fallen in stature.

>> After the fall
>> there golden silk
>> and her sweet red lips.

>> Bluest evening falls
>> over lighted Atlanta.

>> On her lips
>> I tasted the wine.

>> Afterwards
>> I made love to her
>> under the oaks
>> facing the lake.

>> Blue numbers of recall
>> her hair was golden.

>> She sipped a beer with me
>> in the warm November evening.

>> The stars were glistening
>> the weather was crispy and right.

>> Barefoot Contessa in the shadows
>> she remained out of sight.

>> Spindles of her legs
>> so long and brown.

>> Thinking as I type this moment
>> out of the past.

>> Feeling the heat
>> we lay between the sheets
>> as morning cut through so blue.

>> As I walked with her
>> barefoot in the dew.

>> After a nap
>> sitting with her on my lap
>> smoking a cigarette or two.

>> Later
>> when she read my poem
>> she cried her prayers to all the world.

>> I watched
>> as into the parking lot
>> my amulet she hurled.

>> Water drip in the sink
>> seems to echo over Ansley Square.

>> There on the edge
>> shattering the silence
>> in this vacant room.

>> So much subterfuge
>> to make love to her.
>> Under the oaks
>> facing the lake.

>> -Will Dockery (11-26-81)

>> ----
>> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
>> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-barefoot-contessa.html

> Love this poem, it evokes the later days of Bogart so well....

> ***** The Barefoot Contessa (1954) - When Harry Met Maria Scene ******
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_6ZpxB4xIc

Thanks again for the feedback.

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by: W-Dockery - Sun, 15 Jan 2023 15:11 UTC

Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>
>> The Barefoot Contessa
>>
>> Ashen grey
>> all the memories in a can.
>>
>> Involvement
>> under the liquid blue evening.
>>
>> Midnight tries
>> I called my mom and dad.
>>
>> They had heard no news
>> everyone seemed to be in the dark.
>>
>> Moving around these city streets
>> new tennis shoes bounced me.
>>
>> Springing on to somewhere else
>> now and then.
>>
>> Thinking about my friend
>> who I should have killed.
>>
>> Thinking about my
>> artistic failures.
>>
>> Wondering about my
>> pretentious involvement.
>>
>> Speaking to some
>> well known people.
>>
>> Thinking about some who
>> have fallen in stature.
>>
>> After the fall
>> there golden silk
>> and her sweet red lips.
>>
>> Bluest evening falls
>> over lighted Atlanta.
>>
>> On her lips
>> I tasted the wine.
>>
>> Afterwards
>> I made love to her
>> under the oaks
>> facing the lake.
>>
>> Blue numbers of recall
>> her hair was golden.
>>
>> She sipped a beer with me
>> in the warm November evening.
>>
>> The stars were glistening
>> the weather was crispy and right.
>>
>> Barefoot Contessa in the shadows
>> she remained out of sight.
>>
>> Spindles of her legs
>> so long and brown.
>>
>> Thinking as I type this moment
>> out of the past.
>>
>> Feeling the heat
>> we lay between the sheets
>> as morning cut through so blue.
>>
>> As I walked with her
>> barefoot in the dew.
>>
>> After a nap
>> sitting with her on my lap
>> smoking a cigarette or two.
>>
>> Later
>> when she read my poem
>> she cried her prayers to all the world.
>>
>> I watched
>> as into the parking lot
>> my amulet she hurled.
>>
>> Water drip in the sink
>> seems to echo over Ansley Square.
>>
>> There on the edge
>> shattering the silence
>> in this vacant room.
>>
>> So much subterfuge
>> to make love to her.
>> Under the oaks
>> facing the lake.
>>
>> -Will Dockery (11-26-81)
>>
>> ----
>> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
>> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-barefoot-contessa.html

> Great story....!

Thanks again for reading and commenting.

🙂

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Love the later, mature Bogar,t

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Zod wrote:

> Love the later, mature Bogar,t

You can't really go wrong with Bogart of any era.

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On Tuesday, January 17, 2023 at 1:25:15 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> Zod wrote:
>
> > On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 2:30:16 PM UTC-5, W.Dockery wrote:
> >> General-Zod wrote:
> >>
> >> > Will Dockery wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> The Barefoot Contessa
> >>
> >> >> Ashen grey
> >> >> all the memories in a can.
> >>
> >> >> Involvement
> >> >> under the liquid blue evening.
> >>
> >> >> Midnight tries
> >> >> I called my mom and dad.
> >>
> >> >> They had heard no news
> >> >> everyone seemed to be in the dark.
> >>
> >> >> Moving around these city streets
> >> >> new tennis shoes bounced me.
> >>
> >> >> Springing on to somewhere else
> >> >> now and then.
> >>
> >> >> Thinking about my friend
> >> >> who I should have killed.
> >>
> >> >> Thinking about my
> >> >> artistic failures.
> >>
> >> >> Wondering about my
> >> >> pretentious involvement.
> >>
> >> >> Speaking to some
> >> >> well known people.
> >>
> >> >> Thinking about some who
> >> >> have fallen in stature.
> >>
> >> >> After the fall
> >> >> there golden silk
> >> >> and her sweet red lips.
> >>
> >> >> Bluest evening falls
> >> >> over lighted Atlanta.
> >>
> >> >> On her lips
> >> >> I tasted the wine.
> >>
> >> >> Afterwards
> >> >> I made love to her
> >> >> under the oaks
> >> >> facing the lake.
> >>
> >> >> Blue numbers of recall
> >> >> her hair was golden.
> >>
> >> >> She sipped a beer with me
> >> >> in the warm November evening.
> >>
> >> >> The stars were glistening
> >> >> the weather was crispy and right.
> >>
> >> >> Barefoot Contessa in the shadows
> >> >> she remained out of sight.
> >>
> >> >> Spindles of her legs
> >> >> so long and brown.
> >>
> >> >> Thinking as I type this moment
> >> >> out of the past.
> >>
> >> >> Feeling the heat
> >> >> we lay between the sheets
> >> >> as morning cut through so blue.
> >>
> >> >> As I walked with her
> >> >> barefoot in the dew.
> >>
> >> >> After a nap
> >> >> sitting with her on my lap
> >> >> smoking a cigarette or two.
> >>
> >> >> Later
> >> >> when she read my poem
> >> >> she cried her prayers to all the world.
> >>
> >> >> I watched
> >> >> as into the parking lot
> >> >> my amulet she hurled.
> >>
> >> >> Water drip in the sink
> >> >> seems to echo over Ansley Square.
> >>
> >> >> There on the edge
> >> >> shattering the silence
> >> >> in this vacant room.
> >>
> >> >> So much subterfuge
> >> >> to make love to her.
> >> >> Under the oaks
> >> >> facing the lake.
> >>
> >> >> -Will Dockery (11-26-81)
> >>
> >> >> ----
> >> >> From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
> >> >> https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-barefoot-contessa.html
> >>
> >>
> >> > Love this poem, it evokes the later days of Bogart so well....
> >>
> >> > ***** The Barefoot Contessa (1954) - When Harry Met Maria Scene ******
> >> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_6ZpxB4xIc
> >> Good find, Zod.
> >>
>
> > Love the later, mature Bogar,t
> You can't really go wrong with Bogart of any era.

And let us not forget Belmondo...

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/remembering-jean-paul-belmondo-an-accidental-revolutionary-of-the-french-new-wave

Never trust anybody whose arm is bigger than your leg.

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