With hindsight, I can see that we were foolish,
but it was easy to get swept up
by the moment,
and to believe.
Looking back of course, it’s easy to work out,
but I was there when it happened
and there was nothing anyone could do
but go along,
and for a moment,
to believe.
Somebody shouted out, ‘It’s Elvis!’
A hundred eyes were turned
to the sound.
Almost everybody knows that Elvis
is gone,
but we all turned around,
and more than one of us believed,
for just a moment,
maybe it was Elvis.
I know that we were, all of us, quite foolish.
It only took a moment in the crowd.
I suppose that there are lessons
to be learned
about payment of attention,
but for a moment I believed
I saw a sequin flash and disappear
inside ‘Aladdin’s Cave’,
just behind a knick knack shelf,
in a fast moving hint
that
maybe I saw Elvis.
© Frank Prem, 2000
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love it! 🙂
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Yeah, just for a minute it looked like …
Thaks for reading.
Cheers,
Frank
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Glad you enjoyed ELG.
Thanks for reading and commenting. It’s appreciated.
Cheers,
Frank
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i would take a look if someone shouted Elvis….though i know he is long gone but still fondly remembered….this was a niece piece of memory
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Thanks singledust. Glad you enjoyed the piece.
It amused me all over again when I dug it out of the archive in response to the prompt.
Cheers,
Frank
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Funny. And uplifting. Life is sometimes magical and ridiculous at the same time.
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You’re right, Candy.
Thanks for stopping by.
Cheers,
Frank
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