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the ride

october always brings to mind the opening of side show — 7 years ago this month … this was written for the closing when there was a real possibility that we would reopen … we didn’t but even so the experience was one of the best of my life …

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life is a musical

bruce and i are going to hawaii to officially celebrate our 25th (the actual date was mid-july, but i was tied up with lucky duck in san diego) … this is one of the first poems i wrote for him — lo those many years ago … and i still believe it

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for the company of “lucky duck”

san diego, july 16, 2004

the experience of rehearsing and opening lucky duck at the old globe in san diego was one of the best of my career … this poem was my opening night gift …

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for bruce

this month bruce and i celebrate our 25th … i always say that’s the equivalent of about 147 straight years, but truthfully, any relationship has its difficulties … we’ve had very few — or at least memory is kind enough for me to feel that … the following was written for our 22nd …

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