“Sumtimes we can’t see what’s right in front of us becuz it’s behind us ’n we’re looking in a mirror wond’ring who the hell is that looking back at us…”
Justin Other Smith
Workin’ in the front yard, cleaning under a live oak that ain’t been raked ’n cleared for about 6 years or thereabouts…neighbor lady walking her dog comes by, “Lookin’ good” she says…..Well, it ain’t really looking good…it’s looking a little better but considering the wear ’n tear of age, it’s looking okay….
My friends ’n I are all of an age ’n when we happen to meet ’n greet, we generally tell each other that we’re ‘lookin’ good!’…..The unspoken caveat is, of course, that we’re looking good considering the age ’n mileage….like the old ranchero parked in my driveway….lots of people tell me, ‘That’s a pretty good looking old car….” What they’re really saying is that it’ud be a good looking old car if someone would just fix it up ’n take care of it….
You can restore old cars to the point where they look like new BUT, they ain’t new ’n ain’t never gonna be new again…life is funny that way…you only get t’be new once….’n it don’t matter whether you’re a person or a car or anything else….
“and don’t throw the past away
you might need it some other rainy day
Dreams c’n come true again
When everything old is new again,
When everything old is new again,
I might fall in love with you again.”
Peter Allen
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