1985-02-13

She works hard here in America
raising her boy between shifts.
The French songs take her back;
she lies on the floor and goes 15 years…

Paris in the summer of her 17th year.
Songs and music and magic,
passion in the air
as rich as the voices in this music.

A woman of 35 now with that same passion
lies transported with memories
and me, I can see that girl in this woman;
I feel her there and here.

She’s across those years now, away from me
but I’m glad to catch her anywhere.

gallagher
13 Feb 1985

– at Lise’s

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

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1985-02-13

Lise…
The thought of her
is becoming magic.

Her eyes and skin
and spirit begin to pull at me
with an anticipation
born of love.

Smiles now burn at the thought of her
and the feeling inside
when she looks at me
is such a deep echo.

gallagher
13 Feb 1985

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

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1985-02-13

Dreams Log

13 Feb 85

– sound:

“Down beneath the fungus wars the world
will be a better place someday.”

– visual:

Guinea pig with a fake rabbit’s tail attached to its
nose. It thinks its God.

– What I was doing:

Watching the guinea pig, like a child, over a barrier
in the garage.

– Emotional content:

Happy and watchful.

– Feeling upon awaking:

Silly … then connections occur to me re: Walford’s
maximum lifespan theory.

gallagher
13 Feb 85

– recollections of a dream.

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

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