Jessica Lange and a Lunch Invitation
I should invite Jessica Lange to lunch,
for we have things in common.
Granted, they are ordinary things.
We are both seventy-somethings.
We are graduates of the same high school.
I am acquainted with her brother, George.
I know about the school play
that had to be cancelled
due to tragic circumstances.
We both find Duluth to be
the most serene of geographies.
We could talk about chances taken,
share our thoughts about
aging and agelessness.
Just because she has done extraordinary things
doesn’t mean she doesn’t know
of the ordinary.
It would be a wonderful lunch, I think.
I should ask her.
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You should!
love the nostalgia for the things we don’t do
It would be a wonderful lunch!
I love how friendly and conversational this is! It’s like you are really both from the same town — and you are! Great job!
“Just because she has done extraordinary things
doesn’t mean she doesn’t know
of the ordinary.”
Send her the poem as an invitation! It’s so lovely.