The Lady Vanishes!

RUBY TUESDAY

THE LADY VANISHES!

The strange, the macabre, the off-beat

Have a way of catching my eye.

Sometimes my reaction

Makes me wonder why.

I found this illustration

While simply poodling around,

And I was instantly alerted

To the oddity I'd found.

There's the sense of a wild wind blowing.....

Take a look at the flowing hair!

There's a sense of absolute horror.....

Take a look at the startled stare!

There's a sense of distance and loneliness

And a green that is almost grey,

But the horror that engulfs her

Is the horror of BLOWING AWAY!

We see her as she disintegrates!

We see her when she's half-gone.

And we know the wind will take her 

Entirely and she'll be gone!

I didn't save the name of the artist;

If it's you please let me know;

A picture that makes one have goose-bumps

Should have your name below.

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LATE DATE

(In response to one of Mad Kane's first lines.)

A fellow was terribly late

When he took his new girl on a date.

He arrived at eleven

When he promised 'Seven'!

I don't need to tell you his fate!

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PS

Last weekend had more than one excitement! On Saturday we staged our 2012 play and on Sunday I was asked to give a ten-minute speech at the start of Seniors' Week. The venue was the local Community Art Gallery, and there was entertainment and food to follow. I did my best to make old age and death quite hilarious and I think I succeeded! This was the only photo of the event, I'm afraid! The art-work is by local retirees. (I can't think what the Laughing Cavalier is doing there! I don't think it's the original!)

 Was it specs on or off? I can't remember.

 There was a performance by a local Seniors Choir and I was very taken with the conductor's slender figure! Very envious, too. Needless to say, she wasn't 'senior'!

I also loved a mural of our local area.