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Dream Of The Green Fairy

from The Tales Of Grimmer Pardon by Paul Gerard Dalton

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A stream of consciousness dreamed and imagined of freer times when you could go where you wanted and a wistful look back at younger days. Ah, la Belle France. The picture is taken at Cahors on the Lot.

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Johnny Cash died at 69
Louis Armstrong too
David Bowie, Leon Redbone
there've been quite a few
Aged 69 I began to pine
for the sounds of gay Paris
I remembered on the boulevards
my time with sweet Marie

She said you are a gorgeous boy
and I would not like to destroy
your dreams and aspirations
and let me drink all her pastis
till I couldn't feel my knees
and other such libations
and other such libations

I woke up in an alleyway
my rings and wallet gone
my trousers fell she'd stole my belt
I thought she done me wrong
I staggered in my underwear
to report it to the Police
but they just laughed and poked my eyes
I thought they'd never cease

They said I was a gorgeous boy
and they would not want to destroy
my dreams and aspirations
advised me not to drink Pastis
absinthe, ouzo or raki
and other such libations
and other such libations.

I did not learn my lesson well
their advice I declined
Some old tow rope kept my trousers up
I went to buy red wine
I walked along some lush green banks
till I met a young bargee
She took me on her narrow boat
to the canal du midi.

She said I was a gorgeous boy
and she would not want to destroy
my dreams and aspirations
and offered me absinthe, pastis,
sambuca, pernod and raki
and other such libations
and other such libations

Aged 69 I was in Paris
I smiled at my memory
the drinks I'd drunk
the women met
Claudette and sweet Marie
The streets were strangely empty
the people seemed all gone
locked down in their houses
I thought what's going on.

No one to say you're a gorgeous boy
and I would not like to destroy
your dreams and aspirations
and offer me absinthe, pastis,
sambuca, pernod and raki
and other such libations
and other such libations.

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from The Tales Of Grimmer Pardon, released January 1, 2023

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Paul Gerard Dalton London, UK

Singer songwriter, poet, lyricist, anecdotalist, with Irish, Scots and north of England roots. Lives in west London. Recent published poetry 2024, Fielding Memories: Poems and Other Recalls.

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