RAINE REFLECTIONS
www.RaineReflections.com
Franconia
Slippered
cold feet-tapping
a ’38 Cole Porter number
Bluebird® jazz
spinning ridges
whirlpool cool
indigo deep
swaying in the breeze
like Indonesian palms
Remember that?
Cunard® South Pacific cruise
sunning-stunned
dazed and dreaming
breathing in the shade
of a canopy-covered
wooden plank deck
sipping on Gin Rickeys
like Fitzgerald
a floral rayon dress
floats by,
a slender Daisy
leaning on the white rails
looking at waves
she’s got gams
warm-candle-smooth
lip-pressing sweet
and a smile;
softly blushing fruit
subtle-meaning sweet
there’s always a girl
in every good tale
sweet and delicious
never forget that
or the Rockford Sock Monkey®
she bought
don’t know why
she did
Hear that?
Voices calling
nurses scrambling
squeaking white sneakers
gurney clattering
rails raising
the foot no longer taps
in the deep wax now,
smooth, mellow and deep
“Begin the Beguine”
like all sweet things
has an ending too
© Christopher Raine