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In-a-Gadda-da-Vida
we danced to our favorite
solo of drums
till Keith turned on
Folsom Prison Blues
and we dosey-doed
in a square-dance spoof,
Tom’s arm
in-a-cast-in-a-sling
but feeling no pain,
for we couldn’t see
through the smoke in the room
and we would be young forever.
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When the haze finally cleared
to reveal gray hairs
we still felt the beat
in-a-light-a-day-now
as butterflies —
and it’s not really bad
being older.
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© 1992, 2019 Betty Hayes Albright
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(Re-post, reminiscing about the good old days, Iron Butterfly’s hit song “In a Gadda da Vida”, and Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues”.)
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Blurry photo from 1971 (age 24), taken at an outdoor rock concert at Seattle Center.
Dig the hat! 😊
(I’m pushing a stroller with 6 month old son sleeping inside. He happens to be 48 today. Geez, time flies….)