maybe elvis

Frank Prem

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.

 

~

 

  • Author: Frank Prem (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 29th, 2017 00:04
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Comments4

  • Goldfinch60

    Good write Frank but I am afraid that "Elvis has left the building".

    When the name Elvis is said the world knows who we are talking about - a wonderful reputation he created.

    • Frank Prem

      This piece was written a few years back, when it really could have been him ... maybe ... LOL

      He's a great trademark of a name, isn't he?

    • orchidee

      Good write Frank. I seen him! It's a guy about town, and at church too sometimes. He don't look like Elvis, mind you, but collects all his stuff!

      • Frank Prem

        Elvis-abelia? Glad he's keeping the faith, O. Thank you.

      • BRIAN & ANGELA

        Thanks FRED ~ In the Beginning was ELVIS ~ he blessed and influenced the Whole World ! Those of us born ~ after the death of ELVIS missed the euphoria but not the MAN ~ George Beverly Shea said "Though he is dead ~ he lives on through his incomparable recorded Music" (850 tracks) ! We used to say "Next year Gracelands" I visited in 2003 and I DID SEE ELVIS ~ AMEN ! Yours BRIAN

        • Frank Prem

          Cheers Brian. Must have been a thrill to visit.

        • Accidental Poet

          A little bit of Elvis lives in all of us Frank. I remember Elvis very well. He was a class act certainly. Thank you for this poem.

          • Frank Prem

            Cheers AP. You're welcome.



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