Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Family Affair

I woke up at 2:00 a.m.
with The Graduate on T.V.,
I watched it for the umpteenth time.
Anne Bancroft stirred memories
of every young man’s dreams,
Benjamin rescued Katharine Ross
from a life of becoming her mother, and
Simon and Garfunkel blended
spices in a minor key.
Riding off on the back seat of a bus,
all smiles and laughing,
life was young,
and fresh,
and free,
but mom would always be the first.

(all rights reserved Pat Paulk 2006)

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

No wonder you're so crabby today.

polona said...

oh, wow... long time since i last watched that movie.
thanks for the reminder (with a punch last line as always)!

Kai said...

hey....pat......how are u?......
i am fine......ur very welcome...
stop by & check out my blog if u have time...

later alligator

Russell Ragsdale said...

Thanks for the walk back down memory lane, Pat. You made me remember how that time felt - remarkable.

Anonymous said...

i enjoy how your writings always tell your stories. its like Pat's Story of the Day :)

floots said...

what a movie
what times
(what larks pip)
thank you

Kai said...

hey thanks....:)

Winston said...

I had a date Sunday with a woman 12 years my senior. I left feeling like I need to start dating girls again before I have no choice but women like the one I saw Sunday. It was a wake up call.

My boss reminded me that his wife is still fun and she's more than 12 years my senior so I guess there's hope eternal!

Thanks for the comment!!!

Joyce Ellen Davis said...

Hey, Pat--does the "all rights reserved" at the bottom of your poems act like a copywrite? I have wondered about all the thousands of poems floating around on various blogs (mine included): are we just assuming we are all honest folks here? Or wot?

Pat Paulk said...

Was not!!

Thanks Polona, I could've picked a better time to watch it.

Thanks Kai, I did!!

Thanks Russell!!

Ruthanne, thank you!!

Floots, glad to stir up some old memories!

Dunzo, good luck with the dating!!

Pepek, it's my understanding it does.

Pat Paulk said...

Sharmagne, I noticed the stripes and thought today, they wouldn't be there!! How coincidental!!
Thank you for your kind comments!!