Glimpse

WATERY WEDNESDAY

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GLIMPSE!

Wandering round the Domain (mentioned recently)

We chanced upon this perfect glimpse of the shimmering sea.

The harbour and the fountain seemed in perfect harmony

Set-off by the lushness of each bush and flower and tree.

I have an enormous liking for hints of symmetry

And so this pleasant city scene was paradise for me.

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CHEERS!

We were eating in a restaurant,

Suzie, my wife, and I,

When I caught sight of a well-known face

At a table just nearby.

'Good grief!' I said 'It's Alice Dean!

I'd know her anywhere!

She's aged a bit and gone quite dark.

I think she's dyed her hair

I knew her as a dizzy blonde

And we were so in love.

To think that I'd see her again!

Alice! Heavens above!'

I began to reminisce, of course,

There was so much to recall.

The affair had been so passionate,

I had to recount it all.

'Alice said I was divine!

She loved my boyish curls.

She said she was the envy

Of all the other girls.

She said my manly figure

Was perfection! (It was true!)

How come I don't get compliments

Like that, my dear, from you?

'Poor girl,' I said, 'When we split up

It really broke her heart.

They say poor Alice took to drink

Because we had to part.

Look! See! She's really sozzled now!

It seems she must still care!

It must have hurt her very much

.........I must try not to stare.

Oh, I recovered very soon;

She didn't, it appears!

To think she's still besotted

After more than fifteen years!'

My wife looked blankly at me then,

So I stopped, mid-conversation.

She said,'Why! That's amazing, dear!

What a long celebration!'