For Scully, my beloved cat …
The Saga of Romeo and Juliet on Valentines Day …
that day of the year once more
the zombie-apocalypse-horde descend
foaming through aisles in this-or-that store.
they seek, perhaps, absolution for āthat one timeā and, of course āthoseā other times before
when you felt the splintering of your very core
while he mumbled apologies that sliced through your bone | your flesh like a saw
so, yes, it is āthatā day of the year once more
the catās night to sashay through the front door
knowing only too well sheāll find me right here looking the grumpy old bored boar
and now look whoās purrring like 1-coolcat flopsilly sinking to her majesterial floor
āoh please not the āIām really not into valentines day blah de blahā, you old boar!ā
that unwipeawayable smile seems to say
āwho loves kitty hmm who loves kittyā
by then as was with the Borg
resistance is futile
so you flopsilly flop down next to her
and as she permits you to you to brush the now āgreying-cosā of oldageā lilā hairs under her teensy furrry chin
you begin to hum a tune,
āRomeo & Julietā oh yes that 80ās Dire Straits song ā¦
ā⦠and he says ā¦
āyou & me, babe ā¦
how āabout it ā¦ā
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxfjSnMN88U
āRomeo & Julietā
Written by Mark Knopfler
From the Dire Straitsā studio album āMaking Moviesā
Released on 17 October 1980
Lyrics
ā⦠A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
Finds a streetlight steps out of the shade
Says something like you and me babe how about it?
Juliet says hey itās Romeo you nearly gimme me a heart attack
Heās underneath the window sheās singing hey la my boyfriendās back
You shouldnāt come around here singing up at people like that
Anyway what you gonna do about it?
Juliet the dice were loaded from the start
And I bet and you exploded in my heart
And I forget I forget the movie song
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?
Come up on different streets they both were streets of shame
Both dirty both mean yes and the dream was just the same
And I dreamed your dream for you and now your dream is real
How can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals?
Well you can fall for chains of silver you can fall for chains of gold
You can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
You promised me everything you promised me thick and thin, yeah
Now you just say oh Romeo yeah you know I used to have a scene with him
Juliet when we made love you used to cry
You said I love you like the stars above Iāll love you till I die
Thereās a place for us you know the movie song
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?
I canāt do the talk like they talk on TV
And I canāt do a love song like the way itās meant to be
I canāt do everything but Iād do anything for you
I canāt do anything except be in love with you
And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be
All I do is keep the beat and bad company
All I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme
Julie Iād do the stars with you any time
Juliet when we made love you used to cry
You said I love you like the stars above Iāll love you till I die
Thereās a place for us you know the movie song
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?
A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
Finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade
Says something like you and me babe how about it? ā¦ā
you good people have yourselves a special valentines day too!