A collection of thoughts and letters and poems written by Kenny...a 60's something retired Navy man with a Whirlwind for a wife.
Have you ever had a fairy ring? Wait a minute I am not
talking "Gay Liberation", "Gay Rights ", or "Gay
Marriage". I am talking about the concentric circles that
magically appear in your yard. Right now in my back
yard it looks like a picture of Mickey Mouse drawn in
Toadstools or mushrooms. If my back yard was bigger it
could be the Olympic Games symbol. I have three large
ones about 12 ft in diameter . How do I get rid of them?
Have you seen the new TV show on FX called "Rescue Me" ? It concerns firemen in NYC after 911. It is pretty gritty (a lot of sex foul words etc) but really good! Each person in the firehouse has been effected by 911 and each has a different way of dealing with the tragedy of losing friends and family members in 911. The one that (to me) was the funniest concerns one of the firefighters writing poetry to cope . He is in his basement on the computer writing poetry when his wife comes down to see why he hasn't come to bed. He looks up and guiltily turns off the computer. She says what are you doing? Oh no! You are looking at porn! Are you writing to those porn sites? He says no and confesses to writing poetry .Under her breath she whispers Oh No ! I would rather it be porn! LOL
He gets all of his poetry together and has her read it , asking for an honest answer. She spends all morning reading with him peeking in to see if He can get an idea of how she likes it. Finally she says"This Is Horrible! You have to quit!" I really broke up because that is the way I see my poetry writing. People are polite and aren't as cruel as this guys wife. I am just like this fireman though, I don't have any choice, This stuff comes out and the only way I can deal with it is put it on paper. I just wrote one about the High School Harlandale Sr. High in San Antonio,Tx. I only went there one semester.They have a site with all of their classmates corresponding with each other. It concerns me not really remembering a lot of the people that were there when I was. And the fact that most of the people I remember don't remember me. None of us want to feel that we are insignificant and forgettable LOL
Here it is (you don't have to comment on it) LOL Hugs Kenny
Visiting Harlandale High
By kenny merrell
I drift down the corridors in my mind
Translucent and in a ghostly mien
Seeing fellow students as if in a dream
Some names and faces appear before me
Seemingly not part of my life
More like a book I read years ago
Forgetting the characters
Just random faces in a crowd
They see right through me
Recognizing me not
There is a small errant thought
Was I really here
Or is this the ramblings of an old man
Trying somehow to piece a life together
For some this is the place
Where life long friendships are forged
Sweetheart Balls, Home Coming Games
Marriages made in Heaven or Hell
For me it is as if I am a stranger gazing in
Trying to discover the rhythm of conversation
To fit in a niche of long ago
Patterns of Texas speech fill my ears
I long to go back and forge better relationships
But, alas, as we all know we can’t go back
So I will be forced to wander these corridors
In my mind
Translucent in a ghostly mien
And try to remember
What is it about you
That makes me not let go
You are so far in the distant past
Only a shadow of thought
But there is still a glimmer of recognition
An apparition of beauty lost
It could be someone to justify
My own existence
By memories of long ago
If I saw you today
Would I know you?
Have we drifted so far apart
To be unrecognizable
Only this image remains
Adjusted to fit within my own psyche
Love once felt never disappears
Sometimes lying untouched in the mind
But still unreconciled within the heart
Kenny Merrell
Copyright ©2004 Kenny Merrell
Tommie Bass Schoellhorn '57 - Sep 15, 2004 View | Viewers | Reply to this item
Categories: 1957 CLASS NEWS, Obituary Notices
THANK ALL OF YOUR FOR YOUR PRAYERS FOR FRANK HE PASSED AWAY SEPT 14 2004 HE IS AT CROWDER FUNERAL HOME AT 111 E MEDICAL CENTER BLVD CLEAR LAKE TEXAS AND ON THURSDAY WILL BE BURIED AT 2PM AT VETERANS MEMORIAL CEMETARY IN HOUSTON TX ANYONE HERE THAT WANTS TO COME PLEASE DO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN TOMMIE
Kenny Merrell '57 - Sep 16, 2004 Edit | Delete | Viewers | Reply to this item
I am so sorry Tommy. May the Lord be with you and
your family. Love Kenny
Memories Remain
by kenny merrell
On some quiet night
When all is at peace
I’ll come to you
Within your dreams
We will sit and talk
Of long ago memories
Remembering what made
Our love so real
Then one fine day
I’ll be waiting
At Heavens door
Where we will be
For eternity
Evermore
I got this in my e-mail and thought it was funny
1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings."
3. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
4. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
5. You should not confuse your career with your life.
6. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
7. Never lick a steak knife.
8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
9. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.
10. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.
11. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age eleven.
12. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers.
13. A person, who is nice to you but rude to a waiter, is not a nice person. (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails.)
14. Your friends love you anyway.
15. Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
16. Thought for the day: Men are like fine wine. They start out as grapes, and it's up to the women to stomp the crap out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.