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SHE LOVED THAT CARDIGAN

She loved that cardigan

really took to it,

good quality

had it from new

not a strong colour but versatile

warm and cosy

 

handy for nipping to the shops in

good for evenings spent indoors.

 

She wore it in all weathers.

Never saw her without it

I expect she wore it to bed.

She couldn't bear the cold

and telling me that over and over

somehow must have justified her wearing it so often. 

 

One other thing

I nearly forgot

when she died we cleared the lot out

except for that lovely cardigan

we didn't have the heart

to separate them,

so up in flames it went. 

 

A lovely funeral it was,

a heatwave on the day as I remember. 

◄ THE GARDEN BRIDGE(From Tales of the Unaccepted)

AN EVENING OUT IN THE 70s ►

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Martin Elder

Fri 1st Sep 2017 08:58

It is strange or perhaps not so strange how we become so attached to certain items , particularly clothes. Such wonderful memories you evoke here Ray with a lovely description.
Nice one

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raypool

Sat 19th Aug 2017 16:02

You put that very exactly Keith and expressed a truth there.
I can identify with owning favourite things, and get distraught if I lost one of them. I should man up really! Thanks.

Ray

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keith jeffries

Sat 19th Aug 2017 12:03

Ray, Thank you for this. It goes to show that the most insignificant of possessions can possess a profound significance to a person´s identity. Keith

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raypool

Sat 19th Aug 2017 11:46

Thank you Cynthia. I know you have a fondness for texture and detail and I see it in your comment! I must admit I invented the story , I just appealed to me. I do enjoy a twisted ending!

Ray

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Fri 18th Aug 2017 16:50

A delightful story, well told. It was probably real wool. And as much a part of her daily comfort as her own skin, full of her own body scent. A piece of clothing like that is a true treasure. I'm glad you cremated her in it.

Excellent ending! HA HA! With a fine shaft of double/triple meanings to consider, if inclined.

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raypool

Fri 18th Aug 2017 16:39

Thanks old chum.. The trick with thoughts is to get them wallpapered on the page with the right patterns, as you know. I chose a cardigan as a kind of comforter - it's not rocket science. I agree about fire, cathartic and final. A sort of hot mercy. Funnily enough I went to a spiritualist circle years ago and a lady said she could see me as a Viking in a previous life - how are the mighty fallen! I didn't know a license was necessary for pyres, for one who expires. That does bring it down to earth I suppose. Cardigan Bay is a great place too !

Cheers Col. Read as above!!

Thanks Paul. I practised this reading to slacken it off a bit.
Glad you enjoyed it mate.

Tom you do me justice thank you.
Thanks Michaela and Patricia too for the likes!

Love to all. Ray

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Tom Harding

Fri 18th Aug 2017 11:38

Lovely direct poem Ray.

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Paul Waring

Thu 17th Aug 2017 11:58

Ar eh lar, dass a crackin' Scouse accent you got dare Ray. 'Oo learned'ya to talk like dat?

I'll have cardys on the brain and a smile on me face all day now.

Aythangyow.

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Thu 17th Aug 2017 08:45

lovely poem Ray. Laughing at David's comments - Ray the Viking has a certain ring to it, a possible cousin for Erik maybe? And 'seriously its very difficult to get a license'. That's going to make we giggle all day. You guys. What are you like! Have a good one both. Col.

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