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Thursday, March 12, 2015

What Aging Spectre....?

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But soft! What is that tapping:
tap, tap, tap?
It is her cane, her other arm outstretched.
How daft! her tilting step the very brink
of yon balcony skirts.
May she not lean too far.
What aging spectre dims the smirking sun?
I tremble with horror at what time has wrought.
Her neck, once swan-like, now has definition naught,
spilling like bedtime candle. Who didst thus plot?
'Tis Juliet! How can this be,
my lady-love grown so old?
Can such transformation be time's laughing truth?
Forsooth! and verily, 
verily and forsooth,
methinks yon Juliet,
once so passing fair, 
is now a beldam
grown too long in the tooth.

An obvious spoof on the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet, re-posted from the archives just to give you a smile this day! The sign on the balcony just slays me.
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18 comments:

  1. brudbergMarch 12, 2015 at 9:39 AM

    Ha.. poor old Juliet. :-) I just wonder how the balding Romeo might look... definitely a bad idea to try climbing though..

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  2. SusanMarch 12, 2015 at 9:47 AM

    Hahaha. My favorite image is the candle-drip chin and neck!

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  3. GraceMarch 12, 2015 at 10:01 AM

    I am smiling at both the sign and thought of Juliet grown too long on the tooth ~ Have a good day Sherry ~

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  4. ClaudiaMarch 12, 2015 at 10:19 AM

    hahah... now that would be interesting to see how they look white hair and all... and that sign... i shake my head....ha

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  5. The UnknowngnomeMarch 12, 2015 at 7:39 PM

    ah but your mind fair lady grows more beauteous than beauty past...i revel in your words

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  6. GabriellaMarch 13, 2015 at 1:33 AM

    Juliet as we never saw her! Your poem made me smile, Sherry. The sign is indeed hilarious.

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  7. PTMarch 13, 2015 at 4:05 AM

    Nice attempt to make us smile with your futuristic rather realistic approach!

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  8. Myrna R.March 13, 2015 at 7:18 AM

    Ha. For a minute I thought your poem was about me. Love this.

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  9. SoumyenduMarch 13, 2015 at 8:50 AM

    So wonderfully crafted, Sherry, gently reminding us all of the essential transience of all things mortal

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  10. AnonymousMarch 13, 2015 at 11:42 AM

    You have the most delicious sense of humor - hilarious! and that sign is just beyond crazy!

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  11. Audrey Howitt aka DivaloungerMarch 13, 2015 at 4:15 PM

    Ah--this made me smile today! Happy Friday!

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  12. Vandana SharmaMarch 14, 2015 at 1:58 AM

    Hmmmmmmmmm aging should not come inbetween love.

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  13. ninotazizMarch 14, 2015 at 9:58 AM

    Sherry,
    I would love to get into that mind of yours…

    I will be 50 this year. And I find myself looking into the mirror, past the wrinkles that my daughters tell me do not exist, looking for the glimpse of loveliness…and say to myself, I am going to keep out of the light - and stay in the shadows. Hope that works :-)

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  14. MaryMarch 14, 2015 at 6:06 PM

    Ha, even Juliet does age!! And, ha, so will Romeo.

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  15. annell4March 15, 2015 at 9:38 AM

    I'm not sure about the smile? Age isn't always kind. And how do we love it, when it isn't so fair?

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  16. DonnaMarch 15, 2015 at 2:12 PM

    Oh I love this Sherry...a wonderful spoof. Great use of the Shakespearean language....'long in the tooth'. Priceless.

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  17. Other MaryMarch 17, 2015 at 4:52 AM

    Haha - that's why the good die young, eh? Very funny. By the way, the line about Juliet's neck reminded me of a book by Nora Ephron called I Feel Bad About My Neck. Funny stuff. :o)

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  18. grapelingMarch 17, 2015 at 7:00 PM

    if it were in braille, maybe... :) ~

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