SAD ENDINGS
Whether you can weather sad endings
like a heartless brick outhouse immune from the winds,
or you are so spineless that you eschew tragedy
like a mouse avoiding the sneeze of a butterfly,
here is a catalogue that is a shopping list or fair warning
to all radio listeners.
ROMANCE
'Colomba'
A fair British girl and a dark Corsican savage fall in love.
It ain't gonna work, dude.
GUNSMOKE
'Kitty'
Can a saloon girl go to a dance
without being mistreated by townspeople?
Fat chance, Bill.
ROMANCE
'The Apple Tree'
Educated London sophisticate loves country peasant girl deeply,
but then tires of her.
Hey, betrayal and abandonment and dooming
someone to suicide are okay,
as long as you're regretful afterwards.
HAVE GUN-WILL TRAVEL
'Nataemhon'
Disgraced doctor abandons devoted Indian wife
to return to civilization and redeem reputation.
Only an idiot would leave radio's sexiest voice Lillian Buyeff,
but hey--anything for a sad ending.
ROMANCE
'The Inheritance of Susan'
Just because one doesn't remember what made this one so sad,
doesn't mean one has to listen to it again and get really sad,
just to tell you what happened that made it so sad.
HAVE GUN-WILL TRAVEL
'They Told Me You Were Dead'
Heartbreak with the same person, twice!!
Nonetheless, the love is noble and pure
and it's a fine romance.
Copyright © 2013 E. A. Villafranca, Jr.
All Rights Reserved
Whether you can weather sad endings
like a heartless brick outhouse immune from the winds,
or you are so spineless that you eschew tragedy
like a mouse avoiding the sneeze of a butterfly,
here is a catalogue that is a shopping list or fair warning
to all radio listeners.
ROMANCE
'Colomba'
A fair British girl and a dark Corsican savage fall in love.
It ain't gonna work, dude.
GUNSMOKE
'Kitty'
Can a saloon girl go to a dance
without being mistreated by townspeople?
Fat chance, Bill.
ROMANCE
'The Apple Tree'
Educated London sophisticate loves country peasant girl deeply,
but then tires of her.
Hey, betrayal and abandonment and dooming
someone to suicide are okay,
as long as you're regretful afterwards.
HAVE GUN-WILL TRAVEL
'Nataemhon'
Disgraced doctor abandons devoted Indian wife
to return to civilization and redeem reputation.
Only an idiot would leave radio's sexiest voice Lillian Buyeff,
but hey--anything for a sad ending.
ROMANCE
'The Inheritance of Susan'
Just because one doesn't remember what made this one so sad,
doesn't mean one has to listen to it again and get really sad,
just to tell you what happened that made it so sad.
HAVE GUN-WILL TRAVEL
'They Told Me You Were Dead'
Heartbreak with the same person, twice!!
Nonetheless, the love is noble and pure
and it's a fine romance.
Copyright © 2013 E. A. Villafranca, Jr.
All Rights Reserved
