. Poetry from The Great In-Between: High Society

Friday, March 14, 2025

High Society


 High Society 


(A conversation between an elderly man in a nursing home, and his caring nurse)


I can still see her now

You know


Especially at night

Everywhere I look or go 


Eyes twinkling with a touch of salacious wild mischief 


Dressed in white

In this, my favourite picture


Look at her


Look at her with her bright brown eyes devouring each detail of my face


Look how her hand held my hand so gently like one of Love's legendary 


Heart Thieves 


Oh, she had such style


You should have seen us dance and laugh like Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly in High Society


But now as my heart grieves


What still lifts me to newer heights of acceptance is the thought 


That through these old pictures of us behaving with such impropriety


I'll always have something magical that will always connect us


Whenever I remember


My one and only love, who was once so 


Beautifully infectious


(C)

Copyright John Duffy 


Foundation.


Do photographs hold a more significant connection, when reviewed, when really required?


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