The days of vines and posies
we laugh and skip away
like flower buds at play…
Through the meadow
toward the outhouse door…
A door marked “give me more”
that wasn’t there before!
The lonely nights
disclose a passing breeze…
Filled with memories
of your golden smiling teeth…
That, damn it,
introduced me to
The days of vines and posies
You and me
under that tree
retching
gagging
on our knees!
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My sincerest apilogies to Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer for the 1964 Grammy Award song
The Days of Wine and Roses!
