The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Sun 5/6/07)

[RetroLounge]

The Changed Man

If you were to hear me imitating Pavarotti
in the shower every morning, you'd know
how much you have changed my life.

If you were to see me stride across the park,
waving to strangers, then you would know
I am a changed man—like Scrooge

awakened from his bad dreams feeling feather-
light, angel-happy, laughing the father
of a long line of bright laughs—

"It is still not too late to change my life!"
It is changed. Me, who felt short-changed.
Because of you I no longer hate my body.

Because of you I buy new clothes.
Because of you I'm a warrior of joy.
Because of you and me. Drop by

this Saturday morning and discover me
fiercely pulling weeds gladly, dedicated
as a born-again gardener.

Drop by on Sunday—I'll Turtlewax
your sky-blue sports car, no sweat. I'll greet
enemies with a handshake, forgive debtors

with a papal largesse. It's all because
of you. Because of you and me,
I've become one changed man.

Robert Phillips

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RL

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Retro!

How is it that love can transfigure a man?

Or a woman, for that matter?

The power of love is an incredible thing, to paraphrase Phil Collins!

Makes one man weep, makes another man sing...

Thank you as always, sweetie.....:hug:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

4. I agree, Peg, but you got the wrong '80s "musician."

That was Huey Lewis, unless Collins did it first. (?)

:D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Thank you, my dear WIMR!

This is what travel does to my brains: they get scrambled!

I did mean Huey Lewis.....:blush:

[wildhorses]

2. i wish it were true ---

and i wish i had a sky-blue sports car

he wouldn't even have to wax it

[fizzgig]

3. the transforming powers of love

it's an amazing thing to watch, in both yourself and in others

thanks for this, rl